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Financing India’s green structural transformation

While India has launched an ambitious green structural transformation programme – with some initial successes to its credit – it is still nascent and there is a need to mobilise more resources. In thi...

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From numbers to impact: Learning from effective data management in Rajasthan

Access to good data is critical for evidence-based decision-making in policy. In this note, Santhosh and Kapur discuss insights from a study of Rajasthan’s experience with collecting, sharing and usin...

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पिछले तीन दशकों में भारत में मोटे अनाज की खपत और व्यापार

गत वर्ष, 2023 को 'अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कदन्न वर्ष’ के रूप में मनाया गया। जलवायु परिवर्तन के झटकों को देखते हुए बढ़ती जनसँख्या को भविष्य के खाद्य संकट से बचाने में मोटे अनाजों की एक बड़ी भूमिका हो सकती है। कदन...

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Determining how many Indians are poor today

Poverty debates in India have seen a revival since the release of a fact sheet from the 2022-23 household consumption expenditure survey. In this post, Ghatak and Kumar note that the general consensus...

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What does Mission Antyodaya data say about rural deprivation?

Public provisioning of basic facilities such as health and education, remains crucial for marginalised populations. In the context of the decentralised structure of governance and fund allocation in I...

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Bringing work home: Flexible work arrangements as ‘gateway jobs’ for women

Millions of women stay out of the workforce despite having a desire for paid work, often because available opportunities are incompatible with traditional norms of household roles. Based on an experim...

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Does rural electrification cause economic development?

The last unelectrified Indian village is now connected to the grid. Given the large investments required for these infrastructure projects, value-for-money is an important consideration. Examining the...

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भारत में निजी ऋण बाज़ार का उद्भव

भारत में पिछले कुछ वर्षों में अपेक्षाकृत उच्च डिफ़ॉल्ट जोखिम वाली छोटी और मध्यम आकार की फर्मों को वित्तपोषण करने वाले निजी ऋण बाज़ार में वृद्धि देखी गई है। इस लेख में दत्ता और सेनगुप्ता उभरते वाणिज्यि...

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The silent reshaping of India’s credit landscape

India’s credit landscape has been undergoing major changes in recent years. In this post, Sengupta and Vardhan discuss five key trends – consumerisation of bank credit, decline in bank deposits, growt...

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भारत में ज़मीन की महँगाई और इसके उपाय

भारत में ज़मीन की कीमत उसके मौलिक मूल्य की तुलना में अधिक है, जिसके चलते देश में आर्थिक विकास प्रभावित हो रहा है। इस लेख में, गुरबचन सिंह दो व्यापक कारकों- शहरी भारत में लाइसेंस-परमिट-कोटा राज और ग्रा...

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Policy Roundup: Voting, wealth redistribution, state of health

This post presents our monthly curation of recent developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to issues ranging from electronic voting machines, vote-buying, and ...

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Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink? Information and enabling access to clean water

Over 50 million people in India are exposed to arsenic-contaminated water, leading to adverse health outcomes – especially for children. Yet, the demand for private, safe drinking water remains low in...

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