The current crisis Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing is a cumulative effect of inattention to water management and the fiscal burden of populist promises, says Aditi Phadnis.
Next time you swipe, ask yourself, do you really need it or do you just want it?
Maharashtra and West Bengal lead the way in bank fraud.
Some unlikely celebrities are behind multiple campaigns to fight the fake news menace.
'I would personally like to see Rahul Gandhi continue as party president.' 'I genuinely believe he has far more to offer to the party still, particularly in leading us in these challenging times that we find ourselves in.'
Sanitation is always clubbed with other departments, which lead to its neglect, says Devanik Saha.
A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government's lack of will to consider an agricultural income tax
To be sure, this is not some stunning new revelation that our equity markets are beholden to foreign flows.
Praveen Chakravarty gives a summary of Amit Shah's master strategy that helped the BJP emerge victorious in the recent Assembly elections
The top 10 in terms of the number of MSMEs is dominated by the larger states with Uttar Pradesh at the top.
Water from as many as 78,508 rural habitations is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, iron or nitrate, finds out Chaitanya Mallapur/IndiaSpend.com.
The Credit Suisse report has estimated the middle class on the basis of their wealth rather than their income, says Prachi Salve ' IndiaSpend.
At its peak five years ago, it was a lifeline for 5.5 crore, or one in every three rural homes
Rampant crime challenges the chief minister's promise to maintain law and order. But some say there are other forces at play.
I have outraged too much in the past like many others, which hasn't gotten us anywhere. Rapes have merely become statistics in our country, best meant for research reports and discussions at conferences, says Devanik Saha.
'Mumbai's killings in January 1993 came at the tail end of two outbursts of vicious communal violence, whereas today, it's peacetime in a 'new India'.' 'At that time, the perpetrators warned onlookers to keep their mouths shut.' 'Today, the perpetrators take videos of their attacks, such is their confidence.' 'The mobs have succeeded in terrorising an entire community and indeed, all those dealing in the transport of cattle, whatever their religion,' says Jyoti Punwani.
With India poised to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, it cannot afford to leave half of its workforce behind.
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
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.
'The previous (Congress) government at least did not veto provisions of the cattle laws.' 'The BJP is actively weakening the provisions.' 'The BJP government tried to export goats from Nagpur for slaughter to the Middle East.' 'The whole country was aghast and offended. We are a country of Ahimsa.' 'The BJP has incentivised the butcher industry so meat export has gone up, live animal export has gone up, leather export is on the rise, smuggling has gone up.'
The government may claim planted trees compensate for forests lost, but that does not mean complex flora and fauna destroyed have been restored, points out Himadri Ghosh.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
A chat with employees at Paharpur gives you a brief glimpse into a happy and energetic workplace.
Govt says coastal road is meant to decongest Mumbai, experts believe it would be counter-productive.
The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015 - a 7.4 per cent drop over 13 years-and a slowdown is evident in the process of taking land away from rich landlords, the RTI data reveal.
More lucrative routinely prescribed drugs are at higher risk of failing quality standards
With nearly a million identified slums, UP urgently requires housing for the poor
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