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Punjab: Slow growth, high unemployment big challenges for Amarinder Singh

Punjab also has among the lowest proportions of population covered by health insurance-5.6%

Shocking: Nine leading food and beverages brands in India lag behind in high nutritional quality

135 million Indians are obese, according to 2015 Indian Council of Medical Research study

Modi's Make in India dream takes a hit as manufacturing sales fall

Economists agree that the govt must take steps to undo the damage caused by demonetisation

Story in numbers: How tax-compliant are our lawmakers?

75% of MPs and MLAs nationwide declared annual incomes less than Rs 10 lakh

Where are pastures for our cows? India may have to import milk in 4 years

Loss of pasture, low productivity and rising demand cited as reasons

Health data variations show why UP's health programme needs overhaul

A complete policy overhaul may be necessary for UP to improve its performance in health & nutrition

Spending on women-related schemes up 18% in Budget 2017

The gender budget accounted for 5.2% of total government spending in Budget 2017-18

Too many vegetables, too little money: Prices crash after note ban

Tomato farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were the worst hit since prices fell by 60-85%

UP has more children than people in Spain but fewest teachers, low outcomes

India's largest state by population has the worst pupil-teacher ratio

India's great school education challenge: Crisis in the BIMARU states

The productivity of India's young population would depend on how these states improve

4 Things India Had Going For It In 2016

India had the following four positives going for it in 2016. Take a look:

What Shivaji statue, world's tallest, can do for Maharashtra - if not built

Shivaji statue will surpass Patel statue by 8 metres to be tallest in the world

Note ban woes: As tourists stay away from India, 50 mn livelihoods at risk

At 2.8%, the travel and tourism sector in India grew faster last year than it did worldwide at 2.3%

Note ban woes: Tribal areas have low literacy, no mobiles, few ATMs

India has 104 million tribals, 8.6% of the total population

Lok Sabha disruption of 92 hours costs India Rs 144 crore

Each minute of running Parliament during sessions costs the exchequer Rs 250,000

Women have to be empowered-not just educated-to end son preference

At 914, India's child sex ratio is at its lowest since 1951

Is it time to end a 150-year-old tradition and move to a Jan-Dec financial year?

The central government adopted the April-March financial year in 1867 to align the Indian financial year with the British government

#Notebandi Frontlines: Sales fall, anger rises-Why the fishing industry can't go cashless

Within 3,237 marine fishing villages in nine of India's coastal states, 91% villages had mobile phone coverage, but barely 23% had access to the Internet

Flower harvest income falls 70%; year lost: A farmer's story

I don't know if I will recover the cost of growing chrysanthemums this season, Patel said

RBI says no note shortage but outside Delhi hundreds face job losses

These men and women are among the 92% of India's workforce employed in the informal sector, which generates about half the country's gross domestic produc