Date of Release: January 28th, 2015 Published in: Indian Express Starting today, a series that will use statistics to assess where poll-bound Delhi stands in terms of various social and development indicators, and how far government schemes and politicians have helped resolve its problems The period before an election is a good time to look […]
Date of Release: January 14th, 2015 Published in: The Political Indian Since his election, our Prime Minister has made the promotion of gender equality a central policy priority. On October 11th, he declared “[L]et us pledge to create an atmosphere of equality for the girl child. There is no question of any discrimination based on gender.” […]
Date of Release: December 1st, 2014 Published in: Times of India A decade after India committed to a national health policy to provide improved access to healthcare, there is growing inequality in infant health across the country. States like Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Maharashtra have improved on their already superior health outcomes rapidly while poorer […]
Date of Release: November 11th, 2014 Published in: Indian Express Earlier this month, Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, pledged to make India a “renewable superpower” over the next few years, with a renewed commitment to solar power. India’s Central Governments have long pledged a ‘greener grid’, and undertaken […]
Date of Release: October 14th, 2014 Published in: Live Mint Maharashtra is generally perceived as a relatively rich state with high economic growth and strong macroeconomic parameters. Under the 15 years of Congress/Nationalist Congress Party rule, however, the state has also made tremendous progress in the social sector as well. In some indicators such as […]
Date of Release: October 6th, 2014 Published in: Times of India The Modi government’s decision to extend ‘visa on arrival’ to US citizens is not just an emotional pitch but makes good economics too. US citizens happen to be the topmost spenders among foreign tourists. Analysis of tourism ministry and UNWTO data by think-tank Swaniti […]
Date of Release: September 30th, 2014 Published in: Indian Express In this edition of our fortnightly data series, Indian in Numbers, we take a look at the performance of the Haryana State government. On October 15, 16.51 million voters in Haryana will go out to vote in the 90 Assembly constituencies. And Chief Minister Bhupinder […]
Date of Release: September 19th, 2014 Published in: India Spend Note: the left scale refers to the Sanitation metric while the right scale refers to Retention rate Source: DISE Reports 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, Data on retention rates for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Goa not available. In response to a question […]
Date of Release: September 9th, 2014 Published in: Times of India Statoistics India’s sanitation infrastructure in schools continues to be poor. Nationally, 19.15% of primary schools do not have separate girls’ toilets, 6% of all primary schools do not have facilities for drinking water while 58.4% of all primary schools do not have a hand-washing […]
Date of Release: September 5th, 2014 Published in: Indian Express In part-2 of our fortnightly data series, India In Numbers, we take a look at the Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary, Middle, Secondary & Senior Secondary, Higher Education from 2001 to 2010 by state and political party in power. Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) is the ratio of […]