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What India wears - II | Number Theory

India, Dec. 15 -- The first part of this series looked at item-wise trends on spending by Indians on clothing and footwear. When it comes to wearables, India is also a land of regional diversity and n... Read More


An average Bihari's life after the Bihar results | Number Theory

India, Dec. 2 -- Bihar now has a new government in place, and the newly elected assembly started working from Monday with MLAs being administered oaths. To be sure, it is largely the same government t... Read More


A gender-wise profile of India's workers | Number Theory

India, Dec. 1 -- The first part of this story looked at official labour market data on India and showed that salaried employment peaks much earlier than overall employment in India if analysed by age ... Read More


An age-wise profile of India's workers | Number Theory

India, Nov. 28 -- Thanks to the roll-out of the four Labour Codes, India's labour market is in the news. While a lot of focus is currently on the debate between the supporters and opponents of the new... Read More


Politics in India's Muslim dominated ACs - 2 | Number Theory

India, Nov. 26 -- The first part of this series looked at assembly constituencies (ACs) in India by the share of Muslim population in the district they are located in. It laid down their overall numbe... Read More


Politics in India's Muslim dominated ACs - 1 | Number Theory

India, Nov. 25 -- The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) becoming the party with the largest number of Muslim MLAs in Bihar has raised serious questions on the ability of the Rashtriya Jan... Read More


How India's labour codes reconcile with labour market | Number Theory

India, Nov. 24 -- The rollout of the four labour codes by the union government on Friday is one of the biggest factor market reforms in independent India. The new labour codes will simplify existing l... Read More


Was 2024 Lok Sabha polls Congress's dead cat bounce 2.0? | Number Theory

India, Nov. 19 -- The Bihar election results have triggered an existential crisis of sorts for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which has sunk close to its worst ever performance in the state in 2010 d... Read More


How did Bihar go from a 2020 cliff-hanger to a 2025 landslide?

India, Nov. 15 -- The 2020 assembly elections were a photo finish in Bihar and both major alliances ended up with almost the same vote share with a difference of just 0.03% in the votes polled between... Read More


Bihar votes big: Did SIR actually boost voter turnout?

India, Nov. 7 -- The first phase of polling in 121 out of the 243 assembly constituencies (AC) in Bihar is now done. According to the voter turnout data released by the Election Commission of India (E... Read More