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Health
NFHS-6 shows child stunting fell to 29.3%, down from 35.5%. But nutrition-specific schemes only fix a third of the problem. The other two-thirds runs through sanitation, maternal anaemia, and dietary diversity, where India's own data shows the real gaps remain.
Poverty
India's elderly population will more than double by 2050. A journalistic look at pension coverage that reaches one in five, families scattered by migration, and the care infrastructure that doesn't exist yet.
Poverty
We count how many Indians crossed the poverty line. We do not count how many crossed back. Four shocks undo a decade of climbing, and every one of them is a risk a functioning system would have pooled.
Questions India Must Answer
Does MGNREGA work? India's rural jobs guarantee employs over 200 million people a year and spends Rs 70,000-90,000 crore. The evidence on both sides.
Poverty
How 90 million Indian women across 10 million Self-Help Groups built the world’s largest microfinance network through NABARD, DAY-NRLM, and collective savings.
Poverty
Falling farm incomes and few non-farm jobs are emptying India's villages. This article looks at the numbers behind rural-urban migration and what pushes people to cities.
Gender Equality
Handloom weaving is rural India's second-largest employer after agriculture, and most weavers are women. This article looks at schemes, online markets and cooperatives behind its revival.
Solutions
Every day, millions of people across India receive free meals at community kitchens. From the Golden Temple serving 100,000+ meals daily to government canteen schemes, discover how India community kitchen tradition feeds 12-20 million people daily.
Poverty
MGNREGA is India's flagship rural employment programme guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment per year to every rural household, making it the largest public works programme in the world.
