Parliament Review: No Major business in the first few days of 2022 Monsoon Session
The Monsoon Session of the Parliament began on 18 July 2022. It is scheduled to be held till 12 August…
India’s passport ranking has not experienced a sharp decline from 85 in 2024 to 148 in 2025 in Nomad Index; viral post is misleading
https://youtu.be/cw7VlF5bhzc A post claiming that India’s passport ranking has dropped to 148 in 2025 is being widely circulated on social…
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Review: Constitutional & Statutory responsibility of government to dispose of dead bodies which are not being cared for, says Calcutta HC
In this roundup of the important court judgments, we look at directions about the nature…
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…
