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The Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 dataset was supposed to provide detailed data, but the data was in such poor shape that its individual caste tallies were never published (Photo: HT)

India’s caste census has turned into a political football

4 min read . Updated: 24 May 2022

Official spokespersons of the government have raised objections against WHO estimates, and even questioned the motivations of its team.

What they don’t tell you about India’s official death toll

4 min read . Updated: 10 May 2022

Photo: Bloomberg

How to correctly assess the debate on extreme poverty in India

4 min read . Updated: 26 Apr 2022

A key goal of the PMGSY is to provide all-weather roads in the hinterlands to connect rural habitations (clusters of dwellings or village sub-units) to important sites such as schools or bus stands (Photo: HT)

India’s open data movement has found a white knight

4 min read . Updated: 12 Apr 2022

Food inflation, including that of edible oils, especially palm oil, has been a cause of concern for several FMCG companies.ht

Need a more representative survey to track inflation expectations

4 min read . Updated: 29 Mar 2022

Aarogya Setu proved to be of limited utility, and only aroused the suspicion of a wary citizenry (Photo: Mint)

Data lessons from two years of the covid-19 pandemic

4 min read . Updated: 14 Mar 2022

How to read our exit polls right

4 min read . Updated: 01 Mar 2022

India night-time luminosity 2021 Source: Nasa, Mapmy India

Beware the charms of satellite map data

4 min read . Updated: 15 Feb 2022

A quick guide to make sense of budget numbers

4 min read . Updated: 01 Feb 2022

Make our statistics credible again

4 min read . Updated: 04 Jan 2022

Demonetisation and GST disrupted the Indian economy, so much so that GDP growth fell to 5.7% in the April-June 2017. Photo: Mint

The terrible price we pay for hiding public data

4 min read . Updated: 21 Dec 2021

A file photo of a health worker administering polio vaccination to a child in Ghaziabad. According to the National Family Health Survey, 2015-16, at least six out of 10 children received full immunization in 12 of the 15 states and union territories. Photo: AFP

The nine lives of India’s National Family Health Survey

4 min read . Updated: 07 Dec 2021

Dixit’s essay was published in 2014, and climate negotiations since then have largely followed his script

The data revolution that can catalyse our climate battle

4 min read . Updated: 23 Nov 2021

The SBI report examines the likely loss of output or gross domestic product (GDP) across sectors in the pandemic year (fiscal 2020-21)

Don't believe everything they tell you about breakneck formalization

4 min read . Updated: 09 Nov 2021

Differences in educational attainments can in turn widen job market inequalities, with ‘meritorious’ children from privileged castes and social backgrounds gaining better paying jobs. (MINT_PRINT)

School closures are hurting less privileged students disproportionately

3 min read . Updated: 06 Jul 2021

Across sectors, India’s largest companies have been able to limit revenue losses, and in many cases, even grow market-share as cash-strapped smaller firms struggled. (iStock)

The inequality among companies reflected in wage cuts, too

3 min read . Updated: 29 Jun 2021

Projections made by the 15th Finance Commission, prior to the second wave show that richer state economies were likely to experience much faster growth in the next few years compared to poorer states that are hamstrung by low revenues and high debt (AP)

Covid is taking an unequal toll on poor states

3 min read . Updated: 22 Jun 2021

Govt’s data apathy harming pandemic response: Experts

3 min read . Updated: 21 Jun 2021

Roughly eight in ten Indians lie below the global median income level while all Americans lie above it, shows research by Branko Milanovic, one of the foremost experts on global inequality.

How the pandemic is widening inequalities among nations

3 min read . Updated: 15 Jun 2021

Companies and consumers have both adapted better this time around

Despite second wave, India leads emerging markets league table

3 min read . Updated: 20 May 2021

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