healthcare spending and sustainable budgeting.

Healthcare spending: Govt focus on sustainable budgeting after Covid-19 shock

The Union and state governments have redesigned their healthcare spending to ensure improved delivery of services and sustainable budgeting. Read more »
indian economy faces ukraine war risk

Ukraine war: Attacks on health infrastructure must stop

The Ukraine war has put the country’s healthcare infrastructure under significant strain, and its collapse would be catastrophic. Read more »
grievances of gig workers in india

Social security for gig workers of Uber, Ola still a distant dream

Stringent laws, strict enforcement, and proper disclosures by Ola and Uber can ensure social security to the aggrieved gig workers of the ride-hailing apps. Read more »
Kerala Budget 2022-23 development vision

Kerala Budget 2022-23 will struggle to fund its vision

The Kerala Budget 2022-23 has given primacy to sectors shattered by global reversals such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict. Read more »
public health budget 2023, Ayushman Bharat

Lancet study reveals massive under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths

A Lancet study puts the number of Covid-19 deaths in India at a massive 4.1 million, eight times the official figure. Read more »
Income and wealth inequality in India

Widening inequality: Societies need to address economic, ethical dimensions

Disparities of income generation between the richest 1% and the rest have implications in terms of perpetuation of wealth and income inequality. Read more »
Green hydrogen mission

Ukraine war: Soaring gas prices make green hydrogen a viable fuel option

The Ukraine crisis has pushed natural gas prices to record levels, making grey hydrogen more expensive that green hydrogen. Read more »
Women in UP's farmer producer organisations

The invisible women in India’s farmer producer organisations

Without women's participation, farmer producer organisations often struggle to achieve the desired socioeconomic impact. Read more »
UPI123Pay to enable offline payments on feature phones

Gender equality key to sustainable future of societies

International Women's Day is the time to remind ourselves that there is a lot of ground to cover before achieving gender equality in all spheres of life. Read more »
demographic dividend

Rewarding inefficiency: Delimitation of Lok Sabha, state assembly seats can wait

Any move towards the delimitation of the Lok Sabha and assembly seats will result in the loss of representation of states/districts that managed to control population growth. Read more »