Human Development News

Contrary to the assumption that the middle class is an urban phenomenon, a considerable segment of the Indian middle class resides in rural areas, finds a new study

Study by NIMR says co-infection of dengue with malaria and chikungunya was observed in several samples

A new multidimensional calculation of poverty reveals that India's BIMARU states, despite having made some improvements, continue to be poor

Under chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh’s agriculture sector has grown, but the state still lags in industrial growth and scores poorly in its human development index

There is a growing recognition among policymakers of the need for a multidimensional approach to assess deprivation

Poor investment in human capital puts a threat on productivity of India's future workforce, World Bank says

Just 3% of urban respondents had a love marriage and the custom of arranged marriages hasn't changed much over time, data from a survey shows.

The challenge for India is that while many sections of the society remain disadvantaged (STs, for one), political action has shifted to relative discrimination within reserved groups

These agitating caste groups have a marked dominance in politics and fare just as well as upper castes in terms of affluence but lag behind ineducation

Movements in Human Development Index are driven by changes in health, education and income