Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.Com

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Jayalalithaa's legacy: Industrial, social, crime rankings among India's best

Jayalalithaa's legacy: Industrial, social, crime rankings among India's best

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2016

Tamil Nadu now has India's lowest fertility rate - lower than Australia, Finland and Belgium - second best infant mortality and maternal mortality rate; records among the lowest crime rates against women and children; and has more factories and provides more industrial employment than any other Indian state.

Tamil Nadu, Kerala have most women entrepreneurs, and high female literacy

Tamil Nadu, Kerala have most women entrepreneurs, and high female literacy

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2016

India was ranked 70th of 77 countries in the Female Entrepreneurship Index 2015 released by London-based Global Entrepreneurship Institute

Why education does not interest Delhi's child workers

Why education does not interest Delhi's child workers

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2015

As many as 82 per cent of child workers in the national capital said that given an opportunity, they would not like to attend school

Swachch Bharat? Indian villagers still ignore water, sanitation, streetlights

Swachch Bharat? Indian villagers still ignore water, sanitation, streetlights

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2015

Money allocated for rural India has increased, but expenditure of panchayats is not adequate and inconsistent

Maggi, banned. And oil, eggs, vegetables, pulses?

Maggi, banned. And oil, eggs, vegetables, pulses?

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2015

We are surrounded by food that is contaminated, adulterated and does not meet Indian safety and packaging standards, says Abheet Singh Sethi/IndiaSpend.com.

An anti-poverty guide for Modi

An anti-poverty guide for Modi

Rediff.com   25 May 2015

A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Bangalore neighbourhood's toxic air threatens India's future

Bangalore neighbourhood's toxic air threatens India's future

Rediff.com   22 May 2015

Once called India's garden city, this upper middle-class residential area in Bangalore has India's most toxic air, says Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com.

By 2022 India will likely create a million renewable energy jobs

By 2022 India will likely create a million renewable energy jobs

Rediff.com   22 May 2015

This can happen if the government reaches its goal of 100 giga watts of solar photovoltaic energy and 60 GW of wind energy

India's SEZ failures a cautionary tale for Land Acquisition Bill

India's SEZ failures a cautionary tale for Land Acquisition Bill

Rediff.com   20 May 2015

No more than 62% of farmland acquired for Special Economic Zones has been used for its intended purpose of boosting manufacturing, exports and jobs

How 46 million Indians are being slowly poisoned

How 46 million Indians are being slowly poisoned

Rediff.com   13 May 2015

Water from as many as 78,508 rural habitations is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, iron or nitrate, finds out Chaitanya Mallapur/IndiaSpend.com.

How India is building its oil reserves

How India is building its oil reserves

Rediff.com   12 May 2015

India is building its oil reserves in underground rock caverns and tanks

Jobs for women: Why India does worse than Somalia

Jobs for women: Why India does worse than Somalia

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2015

Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure