About 11.4 per cent of India’s total wealth was in the hands of the people in the bottom 50 per cent bracket in the year 1961, this nearly halved to 6.5 per cent in the year 2023, according to the Wor...

Tamil Nadu’s civil service hopefuls give up nearly 1.68 times as much in lost earnings (and coaching fees) as the state will ever pay in salary (see Table 2.5 in Mangal, 2023 (PDF); see MR as well). A...

Following a year of tensions between their country and the United States, Pakistanis continue to hold highly unfavorable views of the U.S. and offer bleak assessments of the relationship between the t...

By official statistics, India has the largest number of reported deaths from road accidents of any country. But these are likely significant underestimates.

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-...

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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 ...

President Trump nominates Sergio Gor as U.S. ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A sophisticated phishing campaign, possibly attributed to Pakistan-linked APT36 (Transparent Tribe) is targeting Indian defense organizations and related...

States bet on sports gambling, but their residents could be paying the price.

"[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 Bus...

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

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In India, government jobs pay far more than equivalent jobs in the private sector–so much so that the entire labor market and educational system have become grossly distorted by rent seeking to obtain...

Tamil Nadu’s civil service hopefuls give up nearly 1.68 times as much in lost earnings (and coaching fees) as the state will ever pay in salary (see Table 2.5 in Mangal, 2023 (PDF); see MR as well). A...

Tamil Nadu’s civil service hopefuls give up nearly 1.68 times as much in lost earnings (and coaching fees) as the state will ever pay in salary (see Table 2.5 in Mangal, 2023 (PDF); see MR as well). A...

When it comes to big shifts in population, our frame of reference is often Independence or soon after. I compare life expectancy or child mortality in the 1950s or 1970s with what it is today to show ...

Tamil Nadu’s civil service hopefuls give up nearly 1.68 times as much in lost earnings (and coaching fees) as the state will ever pay in salary (see Table 2.5 in Mangal, 2023 (PDF); see MR as well). A...

In India, government jobs pay far more than equivalent jobs in the private sector–so much so that the entire labor market and educational system have become grossly distorted by rent seeking to obtain...

In Massive Rent-Seeking in India’s Government Job Examination System I argued that the high value of government jobs has distorted India’s entire labor market and educational system. India’s most educ...

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-...