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Debt-laden Maharashtra To Spend Its Way Out of Farm Crisis

Maharashtra's debt, according to the state budget, is Rs 3,00,477 crore ($48 billion), an increase of 10.5% over last year

India's stuttering internet revolution

India is posed to over the US in number of internet users, but has the lowest broadband speeds in the Asia-Pacific region

Lies and statistics: How India's largest state fudges crime data

UP has a reputation for widespread mis-governance, but official data reveal lower disease outbreaks, lower crimes and lower accidents than some other states

Government offices see 95% rise in bribery over five years

The biggest increase in corruption in public offices has been by non-gazetted officers

India's city slums can house all of Italy

Nearly 17% of India's urban population, or more than 65 million people, lives in slums, a number that has more than doubled over three decades

In rural India, the sportswoman rises - slowly

Rural female participation in sports has increased from 249,190 in 2008-09 to 1.07 million in 2013-14, despite a drop in budgets

India's politically powerful castes corner quotas

Reservation has been a politically sensitive issue in India, used often as a tool for what is called vote-bank politics

Three years after Nirbhaya, rape conviction rates unchanged

However, India's percentage conviction rate in the mid-20s is higher than many developed nations, including the UK