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10,000 NGO registrations cancelled, foreign aid set to drop

Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (unified), Karnataka and Kerala together got 65% of foreign aid coming to India, according to data compiled by IndiaSpend

Make In Mozambique: The real reason Modi visited

Narendra Modi became the first prime minister to visit Mozambique in 34 years because the impoverished South African country has something every Indian wants

The power of the US: California has 3% of India's population, 125% of its GDP

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Indian economy will more than double to $5 trillion in a 'matter of few years'

Half of promises made by ministries to Parliament not kept

PMO made one assurance in 2014 and has not yet kept it

Alcohol kills an Indian every 96 minutes

The data explain the wide political support for crackdowns on alcohol, although experts point out that alcohol is a health problem not a moral one

Don't report it, or how Bihar fights crime

Bihar's crime rate is lower than more prosperous states with fewer people, despite having India's lowest per capita income and abysmal Human Development Index indicators

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to account for 33% of Lok Sabha by 2026

If India's parliamentary seats were to be re-allocated across states on the basis of population, the Gangetic belt would send 275 of 548 MPs to the Lok Sabha

9 reasons why India's rising credit card debt should worry you

The data needs to be seen in the light of slower industrial credit as well as declining debit card spends

Leave IPL alone; water-guzzling sugarcane is the real culprit

Of 650 billion cubic metres of water available for irrigation nationwide, 15%, or 100 BCM of water, is used by sugarcane , which is planted on no more than 2.5% of India's farmland

Over 13,000 lives lost due to structure collapses in last 5 years

Around 47.3% of the total deaths have taken place due to collapse of other structures like flyovers

Half full, half empty: 10 Years of NREGA

As many as 55% NREGA workers in 2014-15 were women, and their participation has soared 38% over the last decade

Pollution soars, odd-even not enough for Delhi

Vehicles do not figure in the top three sources of air pollution in Delhi

Spending on child healthcare soars, but 40 mn children stunted

India's 40-year-old child health care programmed has increased spending by almost 200% over the past decade

Was 2015 a good year for India's defence sector?

The year saw an increase of nearly 10% in India's defence budget, from Rs 2.2 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs 2.4 lakh crore

For the first time in 63 years, Lok Sabha most productive house

The difference in performance between the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha reflects the party majorities in the houses

To train million Indians a week, Skill India needs wider net

It is not clear that current recruitment strategies cast a wide enough net to reach the goal of training over 40 crore Indians by 2022

How India can drop (at least) 120 future power plants

Energy-efficient building design and disciplined usage of power can significantly cut power need and demand

0.21% of infrastructure projects in health sector, reflecting low priority

Of the 4,000-odd multi-crore infrastructure projects in the country, only nine are in the health sector

Delhi's transport sector 3 times more polluting than Mumbai's

Despite the Metro carrying 2.4 million commuters daily, private vehicles in Delhi rose 92% over the last 15 years, even as bus ridership declined

Robert Vadra can (still) skip airport security

Spouses of SPG protectees, which includes Priyanka Gandhi, are also exempt from airport security checks