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Punjab job crisis: Note ban haunts as labour pleads for work at 1/3rd wages

Most end up agreeing to wages as low as Rs 150-Rs 200 while the official minimum wage is Rs 311.12 for an unskilled labourer and Rs 375.62 for a skilled labourer

From Shatrughan to Sandhya Roy: Worst performing celebrity MPs in debates

On average, the 19 celebrity MPs logged 66% attendance compared to the 16th Lok Sabha average of 80%

$1 bn spent on Rajasthan water projects, just 20% of Barmer is irrigated

Just 20% of Barmer's farms are irrigated, primarily with tube-wells (63.73%), and some with open wells and canals

The poor get LPG cylinders under Modi's PMYU but they can't afford refills

Goti Bai's LPG cylinder sat behind bales of cattle fodder. 'We don't have the money to buy a refill,' Got Bai explained

Cong had multiple terms in Delhi, did nothing for education: AAP's Atishi

Atishi talked about her political vision, as she contests her first parliamentary elections, the demand for full statehood for India's capital and reforms in education

Why construction workers missed government welfare benefits for 23 years

Nearly 50 million Indians worked in construction between 1983 and 2011-12, and the sector absorbs the largest proportion of rural workers surplus in agriculture

Lok Sabha 1st phase candidates: 32% crorepatis, 17% facing criminal charges

Nearly half of all candidates have declared they have a graduate degree or above, while 1.5% have declared they are just literate, and 5.2% that they are illiterate

Job crisis & note ban: How Bengal is losing its demographic opportunity

The jobs crisis is one of India's leading election issues as the country heads into general elections during the summer of 2019

Data shows UP, India's largest state, elected most dynasts, majority in BJP

The 15th Lok Sabha beginning in 2009 was the most 'dynastic' term yet, comprising 53 MPs with family ties to politicians, 9.5% of the total lower house

PUKAR: How a tribal village's digital push empowered its women

PUKAR's objective was to help villagers secure the benefits due to them under various government welfare schemes and become more aware of their rights

Lok Sabha elections: Why some parties are fielding more women this time

While the overall sex ratio has marginally worsened from the 1960s to the 2000s, the voter sex ratio has improved in India

Rahul's NYAY scheme could work but must not replace social spending: Expert

Using simple projections, a minimum income set at Rs 72,000 per year would cost about 1.3% of GDP and benefit the bottom 33% of households

Lack of jobs, rising prices are India's top concerns ahead of polls: Survey

The unemployment rate is currently estimated to be at a 45-year high, reaching 7.8% in urban areas and 5.3% in rural ones, according to a leaked National Sample Survey Office report for 2017-18

Revealed: New method to check malnutrition by parliamentary constituencies

Measuring malnutrition data by constituency could not only help MPs make informed choices but provide more information to voters, the author said

Note ban misery: Nobel laureate's unemployment warning unfolds in Ahmedabad

As Paul Krugman warned India of mass unemployment, and a leaked government report revealed that the male workforce shrank by 18 million over six years to 2018

Forest rights could decide election results in 133 Lok Sabha seats: Report

An analysis finds that the number of voters eligible for land rights under the FRA is more than the margin of victory in more than 95% of the seats

Data watch: Why India needs more women to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The issue of women's representation in legislatures is gaining traction, as India gears up for its 17th general elections in April 2019

Indians in white-collar jobs more prone to obesity, chronic health risks

The average BMI of men in white-collar jobs was 1.17 kg/m2 higher than those in blue-collar occupations

Poorest & uneducated mothers benefit least from healthcare services: Study

While the poorest households had the highest utilisation of ICDS services in 2006, their share became the second lowest in 2016

How minimum wage could double to Rs 375/day if govt accepts proposed norms

The new formula, arrived at by using new evidence on how and how much households consume, suggests increasing the number of 'consumption units' per household to 3.6