India’s internal migration is far larger than official statistics suggest. As demographic shifts and urbanisation accelerate, migrant workers are becoming central to India’s economic future while remaining largely invisible in its systems of rights and protection.
Tribal rehabilitation for India’s first river linking project has been answered with a ten-year-old survey in Parliament. Reports suggest and it is known that the actual figures and associated human rights violations are much higher with protests, a High Court judgment and even numbers from project authority itself indicating this disparity. The Union Ministry of…
The BRICS Competition Dialogue in Udaipur highlights the growing need for international cooperation to regulate digital markets and address cross-border competition challenges. For India, stronger coordination among BRICS competition authorities could support fair competition and future-ready enforcement.
BRICS culture ministers have pledged fair compensation and traditional-knowledge protection against AI misuse. For the 200 million Indians whose livelihoods run through the country’s informal craft economy, the distance between that pledge and enforceable protection remains wide On August 8, 2026, culture ministers from ten BRICS member states and four partner countries met in Bhopal….
With PM Surya Ghar, they’ve added more rooftop solar in two years than the prior decade combined. The harder number to shift is who is benefiting. India’s flagship rooftop solar scheme, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, had already achieved 50.06 lakh household installations as of early August 2026, the Ministry of New and Renewable…
On May 27, 2026, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with the Government of West Bengal, initiated a household-level survey to identify and document families belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). The objective of the survey is to create an accurate and comprehensive beneficiary database to ensure that government welfare schemes effectively reach…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) India achieved a record 20,138 organ transplants in a single year in 2025, the highest ever registered in the country, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said at the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day event on Saturday. Transplants from deceased donors have more than quadrupled…
Every night at 9:30, a twelve-coach train leaves Bathinda for Bikaner. Roughly a third of its passengers are cancer patients. This is not a story about a train. It is a story about what government data from the Central Ground Water Board, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the ICMR tells us about the relationship between…
India has witnessed a significant rise in Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) over the past several years, reflecting notable changes in women’s engagement with the labour market. According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the FLFPR increased from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, representing one of the fastest increases among developing…
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed draft rules to officially recognize and regulate two-wheeler ambulances in India. The new standards aim to improve emergency healthcare access in rural, remote, and congested areas by establishing construction, safety, registration, and fitness norms.
