Interview: Lessons from an Analysis of UP Social Data on the Necessity of a Caste Census
As anti-reservation sentiments grow, only data, facts and accurate information can provide solutions, says professor in demography Srinivas Goli.
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Census Delays Leave 120 Million Indians Without Access to Foodgrains
The Census is now four years overdue, and the budget for the exercise has been slashed indicating further delays. This is even as millions of Indians are left without access to subsidised foodgrain, pushing them to the brink of food insecurity.
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564 People on Death Row in India, Highest Since the Turn of the Century
In 90% of all death penalty sentences in 2024, trial courts imposed sentences in the absence of adequate information about the accused, finds a recent report.
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Three Workers Die Every Day in Indian Factories, Govt Data Show
India reported 1,109 deaths and more than 4,000 injuries in registered factories, on average, each year between 2017 and 2020. The largely informal economy and underreporting of incidents even in the formal economy mean these figures are huge underestimates, say experts.
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Economist Ashwini Deshpande on Why Reservations are Not the Right Instrument to Reduce Poverty
Reservations were conceptualised as compensation for social discrimination, not economic deprivation, argues Deshpande, professor of Economics at Ashoka University, while discussing the apex court verdict.
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‘When I Share A Seed, It Reinstates A Dying Culture’
Ecologist Debal Deb speaks about farmers’ autonomy, the importance of native seeds to material and food culture, and the government’s approach to sustainable agriculture.
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India’s Welfare Programmes are Suffering Because of the Delay in Census by Modi Government
ThE delay is impacting government schemes, and results in unreliable estimates from other surveys on consumption, health and employment, which depend on census data to determine policy and welfare measures. For example, probably 10 crore people are likely being excluded from the PDS.
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Unemployment and Migration: The Fallout of Karnataka’s Anti-Cattle Slaughter Law
The ban passed by the BJP-led government has upturned the lives of those in the beef trade.
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Long Wait for Rehabilitation May Push Thousands Back into Manual Scavenging
Government departments’ apathy and lack of reliable data on manual scavengers is a hurdle to rehabilitation efforts, say stakeholders.
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Seven in 10 Indian Prisoners are Awaiting Trial – One in Three Jail Inmates Is Dalit or Adivasi
Caste prejudices and over-policing of certain communities are important factors behind the significant presence of marginalised groups in jails.
