Cheap to buy and easy to ignore, bidi powers a vast economy that thrives on labour violations, policy loopholes and health ...

Urban Indian women spend more time working in paid employment but they spend as much time as their rural counterparts in ...

Lack of testing accounts for the highest number of patients lost in the TB care cascade, and stigma keeps many patients from ...

A fraction of people use air conditioners in India but these ACs together consume just about as much energy as all the ...

India’s Illegal Bird Markets Thrive Despite Prohibitory Laws IndiaSpend investigates bird markets in three north Indian cities: Patna, Lucknow and Delhi ...

Kawinkumar B is an MA Economics student at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, and an intern with IndiaSpend. Urban Indian women spend more time working in paid employment but they spend as much time ...

Large Employers Are Required To Provide Creches, But Most Don't The central government amended the Maternity Benefit Act four years ago, making it compulsory for companies with more than 50 employees ...

11 Richest States Allocate 4% Of Budget For Justice Delivery Overall, per capita spending for states was estimated to be Rs 1,667 on police, Rs 353 and Rs 67 on judiciary and prisons respectively, and ...

Why There Have Been So Few Women In India's Administrative Services The expectation to balance their roles at home as caregivers as well as their jobs, along with covert biases within the ...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide large employment opportunities at lower capital cost than large industries, but this sector is plagued by low levels of registration. As per the ...