Page 26 - Indiaspend/workspace/business Standard Web/undefined

382 killed daily on Indian roads, 350% more than terrorism

Predictably, most of those who die on the roads perish because of preventable causes: speeding, drunk driving and overloading.

Why start-ups, not small industries, are India's salvation

Innovation and scalability make start-ups a better option for job creation than SMEs, which tend to stay that way

India's Community Health Centres face 83% shortage of specialists

There is an 83% shortage of specialist medical professionals in community health centres, data from the Health Ministry shows

How fixing Air India can help India

The accumulated loss is now more than Rs 44,000 crore ($7.3 billion)-equal to India's annual health budget-and borrowing has grown to more than Rs 38,000 crore ($6.3 billion), according to data compil

Marathwada worst hit, as monsoon stutters in half of India

Across India, 17 of 36 meteorological subdivisions have reported deficient rainfall, meaning 50% less than normal, but there is no region as badly affected as Marathwada

PM's claim of toilets for girls in every school fails scrutiny

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has claimed that there are now separate toilets for girls in all schools, but those claims don't hold up at the ground level

Bihar's youth problem: still working the farms

Bihar's irony is that the better educated one is, the greater are the chances of being unemployed

India's fading monsoon reveals wider Asian connections

It increasingly appears that weather systems over Asia are interlinked and feeling the effects of El Nino, global warming and local air pollution

Female recruitment in police rises, so does bias

The number of women in police forces rose 59%, even as the absence of women-friendly working conditions persisted

How India's tax system helps heavily taxed cigarettes flourish

Cigarette companies have substantial wriggle room thanks to India's complex tax structure, which categorises them by length and filter

Why India ignores a $16-billion smoking-led health crisis

The health costs of tobacco exceeded the combined annual state and central government expenditure on health care by 12% in 2011

How India can cut short-term carbon emissions by 70%

India will have to put in place wide-ranging energy-use reforms across sectors, including incentives and penalties

Progress with Nitish but Bihar still on lowest rungs

The first of a 3-part series looks at India's 3rd-most populous state, which is up for Assembly re-election later in the year

How Iran's Nuke Deal Could Boost India

Iran is an energy-rich country, with the world's fourth-largest proven reserves of crude oil and one of the world's largest natural-gas reserves

45% of India's coastline facing erosion

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands face the most erosion, with close to 89% of the shoreline eaten away by the Bay of Bengal

Women head 23 million rural households

Of these, more than half depend on casual, manual labour, marginally higher than 51% of men-headed households

India's real skilling challenge: 263 million farm workers

As India's economy has developed, the share of the agriculture sector is shrinking, but 600 million people are still dependent on the sector

Urban India and its female demographic dividend

India's urban female work-force participation rate is growing 5.6% annually since 1991, in comparison with 2% for rural females and 3% for urban males

In 10 years, 1,303 death sentences but only 3 executions

India has seen an execution-free period of seven years between 2004 and 2012

Shut out: India's poor, urban children

The first in a two-part series that explores the appalling conditions that afflict India's urban poor children