Private school fees are 10 times government school fees, and nearly four in ten secondary students pay for coaching on top ...

India's urban local bodies are underfunded and lack autonomy, but the wealthy are disengaging from reform and finding refuge ...

Reservation has increased women’s presence in local bodies, but representation remains significantly lower in Parliament and ...

Every summer, millions of Indians in informal work lose incomes to extreme heat, as IndiaSpend reported in February 2026.

Internal documents suggest evictions, possible violations of the Forest Rights Act, procedural lapses, selection of ...

Mumbai and New Delhi: From 1951, when the first woman joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), until 2020, women have made up only 13% of all IAS officers. Of 11,569 IAS officers who entered ...

Editor's note: This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. The story contains footnotes marked with asterisks Belgaum & Bengaluru: The three-hour long drive along National ...

Noida: This year, India recorded more cases of chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis compared to 2023, while dengue and malaria cases are showing up well beyond the usual months. A strain of ...

Later that month, United Nations chief Antonio Gueterres visited the village hailing it as a “new temple of the sun based on solar energy”. The announcement of Modhera’s newfound status brought a ...

Rajsamand, Rajasthan: The year that Chanchal Kumari was born was the year of the drought in Rajasthan--2002. For two years, the state had a severe water shortage--no water for drinking or even sowing ...

Mumbai: Poverty and lack of opportunity in their hometowns drove 93 million Indians from disadvantaged castes and tribes in 2011 to migrate to other areas within their states in the hope of securing ...