Data: Pandemic forced all States to increase the share of borrowings to meet expenditure
Governments generally resort to borrowings for any shortfall in meeting their expenditure. The share of borrowings in the total expenditure…
Photos of a dispute between two individuals in Bangladesh are falsely shared as those of a communal incident from India
A collage of photos is going viral on social media (here, here, and here), claiming to show a Hindu man…
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Data: What has been the trend in incidence of Vector-Borne Diseases in India?
Lakhs of people in India are affected by vector-borne diseases every year. But what has…
Data: Utilization of ‘Cesses & Surcharges’ for the intended purpose remains a concern
As we highlighted earlier, the increase in the share of ‘Cesses & Surcharges’ in centre’s…
Data: Where are we on Maternal & Child Mortality indicators?
Over many years, India has made considerable progress on many of the maternal & child…
Data: Share of Cesses & Surcharges increase from 10.4% to 15.3% of Gross Tax Revenue in 10 years
The issue of Central Cesses has been a contentious one since the amount collected through…
Review: Here are a few archaic laws that are irrelevant in today’s times
India has thousands of Central & State laws some of which were passed during the…
Review: Madras High Court calls for exploitation of animals to be stopped
In this round-up of important court decisions, we look at decisions about the exploitation of…
