ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?
According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim
Can India’s cities accommodate climate migrants?
Our urban areas need to have appropriate development policies and programmes to accommodate those displaced by climate change
1 out of 3 farmers are tenants in Telangana; are excluded from any government support
The Telangana government has declared its flagship cash transfer scheme to be for the support of farmers; but the money goes to landowners
Indians work hard but get fewer benefits: report
NSSO report says in urban areas people spend more time on earning a livelihood than compared to rural areas
12 million people have no cooking arrangements in India, says study
According to the report, the situation has worsened over the years
Only 71.3% rural households have access to toilets, shows NSSO data
The report's findings trashes the grand claim of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India is now open defecation free
Indians spend most on public transport, communication
More than 60% of rural and urban families use bus as their main mode of public transportation, shows the NSSO survey of expenditure on …
Private hospitals grow more expensive even as insurance coverage remain low: NSSO
Out-of-pocket expenditure per hospitalisation stands at Rs 15,937 in rural areas and Rs 22,031 in urban areas
Rural households have higher debt than urban counterparts: NSSO report
The debt in rural households is higher, even though their total assets are less than urban households
PDS rice and wheat consumption has doubled in rural India: NSSO
Reforms in public distribution system and increase in number of people covered by it could be the reasons, say experts
More than half farm-households in India are in debt: NSSO report
Households in southern states are most indebted; 40 per cent agricultural-households take loan from informal sources like money lenders
New mobile app under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to collect data on use of toilets
Details asked by the app not sufficient to give information on proper use of toilets, says expert
Welfare schemes benefited only a quarter of urban slums: NSSO
Over 30 per cent urban slums across India have no toilets or drainage facilities, in spite of funds being made available under JNNURM and other …
Polls won, waivers announced, but govt has no data on farmer suicides
The last NCRB report published in 2016 said a farmer committed suicide every hour in the country
India does need toilets more than temples
Modi’s toilet remark has sparked a political row, but no one is paying attention to India’s sanitation challenge
Usage of toilets in India is over 95 per cent, reveals new NSSO survey
This finding is, however, from a two-month rapid survey, considered too short by experts
Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say
15% of the total population in India defecates in the open in India, according to WASH report 2021
Into the abyss?
The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report
Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report
The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission
Grim news on jobs front for women
About nine million women went out of the job market in the rural areas between 2009-10 and 2011-12, a grim facet of the employment crisis in …
Unbalanced diets in G20 countries make 75% of global food carbon budget: Report
Food consumption patterns aligning with current national dietary guidelines can reduce total greenhouse gas emissions for G20 countries
Meaty tales of vegetarian India
Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …
India’s richest 5% spent 8-10 times its poorest; agri household expenditure lower than rural avg for 1st time: NSSO
Household spending increased since 1999-2000; disadvantaged sections in rural, urban India spent lowest
Punjab to offer free emergency hospital services
The scheme aims at addressing out-of-pocket expenditure in the state
India's data blockade: Certainly uncertain terrain
No recent NSSO survey release passed without controversy