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A collection of 28 issues

A Pink Revolution in Indian Policymaking

The 2025 Union budget earmarks 8.86%* of the total expenditure for gender-related programs (see MWCD). Pair that with the fact that over the last five years, more than 14 states have introduced women-centric unconditional cash transfer programs, reaching over 110 million women—nearly a fifth of India’s adult

Not Eating the Free Lunch? The Puzzle of Unspent Allotted Money

"[T]he share of unspent money under the MPLAD scheme at the end of the tenure of the current Lok Sabha nearly doubled to 16 per cent compared to 8.7 per cent in the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-19)." The Business Standard p.s. You can read the

Less Known Facts About Muslims in India

There are two main concerns about Indian Muslims. First, many fear that Indian Muslims are greatly behind other groups. The second, deeper concern relates to Muslim women. Many fear that sex gaps are much larger among Muslims than other groups. Let’s look at the facts. 1. Education: The literacy

Vote Geography, Wasted Votes, and AIMIM’s Seat Bonus

Under first‑past‑the‑post (FPTP), AIMIM’s spatially concentrated vote turned into seats far more efficiently than TRS or BJP, a pattern you can see by votes‑per‑seat, seat–vote gaps, wasted‑vote accounting, and the distribution of winning margins. Quick facts Party Seats Seat share Popular vote

Political Macroeconomics

Look, Ma, I Connected Some Dots! In late 2019, in a lecture at the Watson Center at Brown University, Raghuram Rajan spoke about the challenges facing the Indian economy. While discussing the trends in growth in the Indian economy (I have linked to the relevant section in the video, see

No Shit! Open Defecation in India

On Oct. 2nd, 2019, on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday, and just five years after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India ODF. The 2018-2019 Annual Sanitation Survey corroborates the progress: Reducing open defecation matters because it can reduce child mortality and stunting. For

Some Facts About Indian Polling Stations

Of the 748,584 polling stations for which we have self-reported data on building conditions, nearly 24% report having Internet. A similar number report having “Landline Telephone/Fax Connection.” 97.7% report having toilets for men and women. 2.6% report being in a “dilapidated or dangerous” building. 93.2%

Missing Women on the Streets of Delhi

In 1990, Amartya Sen estimated that more than 100 million women were missing in South and West Asia and China. His NYRB article shed light on sex discrimination in parts of Asia, highlighting, among other things, pathologies like sex-selective abortion, biases in nutrition, healthcare, and schooling. We aim to extend