The Finance Commission primarily concerns itself with formulating recommendations for Centre-State financial relations.

The Unemployment Rate (UR) has steadily climbed from 3.8 in 2011-12 to 5 by 2015-16. The slow and steady rise of the figures has been accounted to severe under employment and low Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR).

Defence has always been a cornerstone for any nation’s economy and growth as it enhances facilitation of government’s foreign policies, peacekeeping operations and humanitarian relief missions.

Carved out from southern Bihar, Jharkhand was recognized under the Bihar Reorganization Act as a separate state on November 15, 2000.

Universal healthcare is one of the primary tools for public good. Access to healthcare in India remains far from universal and the funds committed to it show the grim picture.

According to the Census 2011, the urban population in India grew by 31.8% as compared to 2001. About 31.2% of Indians now live in over 7,935 statutory/census towns, with the percentage of urban population being higher than the

India ranks seventh in the world in terms of area under cultivation, at 329 million hectares and 4th among the BRICS nations.

The status of female employment in India has been the subject of much debate of late in the national fora, due to its intrinsic relationship with female empowerment.

With more than 54% of its total population below the age of 25, India is undoubtedly one of the youngest countries in the world.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death and the leading cause from a single infectious agent (above HIV/AIDS). Millions of people continue to fall sick with tuberculosis each year.