Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

The inequality within Indian manufacturing | Number Theory

India, Sept. 20 -- While it is tempting to think of manufacturing as cutting-edge large factories, the reality in most emerging market economies including India can be very different from this. A lot ... Read More


India's manufacturing divergence across states | Number Theory

India, Sept. 19 -- justify;">The first article of this three-part series explained the importance of boosting manufacturing to improve India's living standards and cited its key role in the economic r... Read More


The poor are driving India's demographic trends now | Number Theory

India, Sept. 11 -- The latest results from the Sample Registration System (SRS) mark an important milestone in India's demographic trajectory. Total fertility rate (TFR) - it is the average number of ... Read More


Is the BJP winning because of rigged electoral rolls? | Number Theory

India, Sept. 8 -- The Opposition has flagged issues with electoral rolls in several states, inferring these numbers to insinuate that the BJP wins polls through voter fraud. HT's data team has earlier... Read More


India's population is past its peak religious churn | Number Theory

India, Aug. 29 -- The first part of this series pointed out state-wise divergence in demographic trends in India and also highlighted that high growth states and districts are not necessarily the most... Read More


Demographic debates need sanity, not crude rhetoric | Number Theory

India, Aug. 26 -- The public discourse around demographics in India is usually divisive. Sometimes it is about the population as a whole, at other times, its religious composition, and still other tim... Read More


The Congress's challenges in Bihar | Number Theory

India, Aug. 21 -- Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, is leading a Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. While the campaign's immediate focus is around the Special Intensive Revision (SIR... Read More


The futile quest for a perfect electoral roll | Number Theory

India, July 9 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI)'s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar has created a big political controversy. Opposition parties have expressed app... Read More


SIR may hit gains made in bridging voting gender gap | Number Theory

India, July 7 -- The Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls - it is to begin with Bihar which will go to polls later this year - has created a politic... Read More