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Health
India has 0.75 psychiatrists per 100,000 people against a WHO minimum of 3. Tele-MANAS proves the demand exists, DMHP spends less than half its budget, and most insurance policies still don't cover mental illness despite a 2017 law that says they must.
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.
One State One Story
In 1999, a super cyclone killed nearly 10,000 people in Odisha. By 2019, the state was evacuating over a million people ahead of Cyclone Fani and drawing UN praise. How Odisha built that turnaround, and what it still hasn't fixed.
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.
Governance
Refusing to register a First Information Report is unlawful in India for cognisable offences, and it happens every day. The reasons are structural, the remedies exist in law, and almost nobody knows what they are.
Governance
India's global corruption ranking measures what experts think. The survey that asked citizens what actually happened to them found a bribery rate of 39 per cent, the highest in Asia, with half of those saying they paid because they were asked.
Governance
India gave its village governments constitutional status in 1993. More than thirty years later they raise about 1.1 per cent of their revenue themselves and depend on transfers for the rest, which is why the body closest to citizens can decide the least.
Education
For two decades India closed teacher shortages with contract, guest and para teachers on short renewable terms. It filled the vacancy column on paper and built a parallel workforce doing the same job for a fraction of the pay.
Poverty
Across 15 states, 41 recruitment exam leak cases hit about 1.4 crore applicants competing for just over one lakh posts. The leak is only part of it. The bigger loss is the years spent waiting between the advertisement and the appointment.
Education
A government audit released in May 2026 counted more than one lakh Indian schools running on a single teacher, and about 99,000 without a girls' toilet. Here is what those numbers mean for the children inside them, and what would actually fix it.
Households pay 58% of India's health spending directly, per the article, against 9.5% in Sweden and 13% in Germany. Why public health policy explains the gap.
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.
Health
India has about 9,000 psychiatrists for roughly 200 million people with mental health conditions. This article looks at the treatment gap and the stigma that keeps people from seeking help.
Environment
Holi's colours began as natural pigments from plants and minerals. A look at the chemistry, botany and physics behind India's festival of colours.
Social Justice
Canadian PM Mark Carney visited New Delhi to reset ties that froze in 2023. This article explains how we got here and what it means for Canada's large Indian diaspora.
Poverty
India's startup ecosystem is bouncing back from the 2023-24 funding winter with stronger fundamentals, profitability-first thinking, and a wave of Tier-2 city founders. Here's what the comeback looks like.
Environment
India has passed 210 GW of renewable capacity and aims for 500 GW of non-fossil power by 2030. This article covers solar parks, rooftop solar and wind.
Digital India
India's agritech revolution is transforming 150 million farming households through digital mandis, precision farming, crop insurance apps, and farmer advisory platforms. From eNAM connecting 1,361 markets to AI-powered pest detection, technology is reshaping centuries-old agricultural practices and putting more power in farmers' hands.
Solutions
India's eight Northeast states are building startup, tourism, organic farming and cultural initiatives, with Guwahati as the region's startup hub.
Environment
From Rajasthan's Tarun Bharat Sangh reviving five dead rivers to Maharashtra's Paani Foundation mobilizing 7,200 villages, community-led water conservation is transforming drought-prone India. Discover how watershed management, johads, and volunteer shramdaan are restoring groundwater, reversing migration, and building water security from the ground up.
