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.
Money allocated for rural India has increased, but expenditure of panchayats is not adequate and inconsistent
A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
No more than 62% of farmland acquired for Special Economic Zones has been used for its intended purpose of boosting manufacturing, exports and jobs
India was ranked 70th of 77 countries in the Female Entrepreneurship Index 2015 released by London-based Global Entrepreneurship Institute
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
The Credit Suisse report has estimated the middle class on the basis of their wealth rather than their income, says Prachi Salve ' IndiaSpend.
