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Assessing economic progress

The pandemic-led economic crisis has exacerbated the rising indebtedness among India’s poor households, and could push more families into a debt trap

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity (from the play ‘The Devil’s Disciple‘ by George Bernard Shaw)

Demand for vaccination, as well as access to it, is uneven and sluggish across various parts of India. This article delves into the explanations for this variation from a demand perspective. We find a positive correlation between literacy and the first dose of vaccination. A similar trend is discernible for the demand for vaccines. Also, we find that higher literacy is

Rich outlive poor by 7.5 years, upper caste women live 15 years more than Dalits: Oxfam report Shubhangi Misra © Provided by The Print New Delhi: Stark inequalities in access to healthcare exist in India across class and caste, a new Oxfam report on the country’s health system found. Oxfam’s Inequality Report 2021: India’s Unequal Healthcare Story showed how the class and caste inequalities lead to difference in age expectancy, infant mortality and sanitation, among others. The report, which used data from rounds 3 and 4 of the National Family Health Survey and various...