The Central Statistical Office, Government of India published the report on GDP growth performance after the first quarter of 2019-20. The GDP growth rate stood
Slowdown in employment growth : a sector-wise view
A recently released report by credit rating agency CARE Ratings Ltd. reveals that the rate of employment growth in India has slowed down in the
Understanding the “Plastic” challenge
Recently, on the occasion of Independence Day, the Indian prime minister set the target of freeing the country from single use plastics (SUP). Let us
The shame of manual scavenging
Manual scavenging, the act of cleaning latrines, septic tanks etc by human labour was banned in India by an act of parliament way back in
Socio Economic Indicators for Jammu and Kashmir
With the removal of Article 370, there has been a lot of debate on how Jammu & Kashmir has fared in different socio economic indicators
Growing deforestation – a challenge in India
From 2001 till 2018, loss of forest in India was to the effect of 16, 744 sq. km, according to the data from Global Forest