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Despite multiple crises, India's climate policies fail to include vulnerable communities most affected by climate change. This needs to change.

A reluctance by the state to acknowledge the problem and lack of access to rehabilitation will lead to India missing its goal to abolish bonded labour by 2030.

India’s poverty estimates are outdated. In the absence of accurate data, social security schemes cannot be expected to reach their intended targets.

Despite an uptick in the recruitment of women and people from SC and ST communities, the India Justice Report 2022 finds that the pace of inclusion in the justice system is glacial.

Social sector spending falls below 20 percent for the first time since 2009 while capital expenditure increases for the third consecutive year.

India spends only INR 0.78 per capita on legal aid, which is one of the lowest in the world. Here's how it impacts lawyers providing free legal services.

The National Family Health Survey's narrow view of disability undercounts the disabled in India and restricts their access to social welfare.

The country’s census, pending since the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, is unlikely to be conducted anytime soon. This is creating visible data gaps, which in turn excludes people from social welfare schemes and programmes.

Households just above the poverty line in India may still be deprived in many ways. Here's why we need to adopt an alternate definition of poverty.

The public distribution system (PDS) is one of the government’s top five expenses. Yet food subsidies are inadequate. Here’s what can be done to improve the programme.