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Opinion | India’s education sector needs a quantum shift

Indian children have a huge learning deficit, and governments and civil society need to focus on higher spending on education, political willingness and education of teachers

2 min read19 Jan 2019
Politics

Periodically, Pakistan ceases to remain important to US: Srinath Raghavan

Centre for Policy Research’s Srinath Raghavan on US presence in South Asia before India’s independence, and the emergence of Pakistan and Bangladesh as separate countries

6 min read23 Jun 2018
Education

Pratap Bhanu Mehta to leave CPR, join Ashoka University as vice chancellor

Pratap Bhanu Mehta will formally leave as president and CEO of Centre for Policy Research on 30 June and join as vice chancellor of Ashoka University on 1 July

1 min read5 May 2017
Politics

Reform hold the key to cut litigation in India land deals, say analysts

The process of land acquisition in India has been the source of increasing political and legal contestation for almost 200 years, says the Land Rights Initiative

1 min read3 Mar 2017
Industry

The connection between economic and spatial growth

This first article in a new series on urbanization highlights the problems and the mismatch between market forces and politics

10 min read14 Jan 2015
Politics

We are moving beyond the politics of social arithmetic: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Centre for Policy Research CEO speaks about how the general election has changed many narratives and what it means to the BJP and Narendra Modi

5 min read16 May 2014
Industry

Education spending by govt fails to keep pace with allocation

Govt spent only 61% of funds allocated for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in the year ended 31 March 2012

2 min read25 Feb 2013
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‘We are focusing on individuals and not on the larger structures’

The debate on anti-corruption should look at the causes that allow for corruption and not just the symptoms

6 min read2 Nov 2012
Politics

Re-engineering India’s urban infrastructure

Re-engineering India’s urban infrastructure

6 min read5 Aug 2010
Politics

Rural drinking water supply efforts are inadequate: panel

Rural drinking water supply efforts are inadequate: panel

2 min read23 Apr 2010
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