Have past delimitation exercises led to gerrymandering?

India, April 17 -- Parliament reconvened on Thursday to debate and (possibly) vote on three bills which will lead to the reallocation of Lok Sabha seats among states, delimitation of constituency boun... Read More

Has SIR altered West Bengal's electoral map ahead of assembly elections?

India, April 11 -- Has the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, with its unique adjudication feature, led to a gerrymandering of the state's electorate ahead of assembly elections? This q... Read More

India will have to buy in spot markets to avoid being short on fertiliser | Number Theory

India, April 2 -- The ongoing war in West Asia has a direct bearing on food security across the world. Fertilisers, which are indispensable for modern agriculture, are critically linked to the petrole... Read More

Muslims in Assam's labour market | Number Theory

India, March 31 -- Assam has the largest share of Muslims in its population among all Indian states. It is also a state which sees shrill communal rhetoric in its polity. The current chief minister of... Read More

Maharashtra's fiscal masterstroke, or is it? | Number Theory

India, March 7 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the finance portfolio now, presented Maharashtra's Budget for 2026-27 on Friday. The state government will spend Rs.7.69 lakh crore i... Read More

Indians are most agnostic about being proud of their country

India, Feb. 18 -- Almost one in three respondents in a survey conducted by Pew Research - a pre-eminent Washington DC based collector of data on public perception - in India either refused to answer o... Read More

The limits of political fruits of growth | Number Theory

India, Feb. 14 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin has announced a payment of Rs.5,000 to 13.1 million women beneficiaries of the state's cash transfer programme. Of this amount, Rs.3,000 is an ad... Read More

Number Theory| This year's Budget: What to expect and what not to

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth consecutive budget today. The Economic Survey presented on Thursday said it expects real GDP growth in 2026-27 to be around ... Read More

This year's Budget: What to expect and what not to | Number Theory

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth consecutive budget today. The Economic Survey presented on Thursday said it expects real GDP growth in 2026-27 to be around ... Read More

Number Theory| Can the 16th Finance Commission rejuvenate fiscal federalism?

India, Jan. 31 -- Fiscal year 2026-27 will mark the beginning of awards under the 16th Finance Commission (FC). The 16th FC's report will likely be tabled along with Sunday's Budget. FCs are constitut... Read More