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India’s progress in meeting its climate goals

India’s target under the Paris Agreement on climate change, is to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030, from the 2005 level. In a previous I4I post, Manisha Jain showed that the estimated progress towards the target varies across external and country data sources. Based on fu...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Environment
Year: 2021

Would a four-day work week benefit women?

In February 2021, the Indian government stated that it may allow firms the flexibility of having a four-day work week, while retaining the norm of 48 hours of work per week. In this post, Koustav Majumdar assesses the potential impacts of such a policy change on women and their workforce participati...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Productivity & Innovation
Year: 2021

IGC Webinar: The impact of Covid-19 in India and pathways to recovery

The ongoing Covid-19 health crisis has affected lives across the world, and caused a massive economic shock. To help policy stakeholders and the general audience understand the socioeconomic impact of the crisis in India, IGC India and ADRI, in collaboration with CORENET, are organising an online co...

  • Events

Content Type: Events
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Dynamics of achievement gap between public and private school students

The achievement gap between public and private school students is well-documented in the literature on education in India, but there has not been sufficient focus on the dynamics of this gap over time. Analysing Young Lives Survey data on student test scores from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, this a...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Can technology mitigate the impact of heat on worker productivity?

Exposure to high heat causes productivity losses, with reduction in cognitive function as a key channel. A direct reduction in heat exposure via technologies such as air conditioning is not possible for outdoor tasks. This article presents results from a randomised experiment in Odisha where the use...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Productivity & Innovation
Year: 2021

Growth in India: Narratives and evidence

There are various narratives on the trajectory of India’s economic growth, and its key determining factors. This article analyses the recently released GDP data series at 2011-12 prices, extending back to 1950, to establish India’s actual growth trajectory. It also provides a theoretical explana...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2021

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: Trends across states, over time

Delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccine against Covid-19 despite its availability, is a key hindrance in achieving optimal vaccination coverage among populations around the globe. Using data from a Facebook survey – conducted in partnership with University of Maryland and Carnegie Mellon – thi...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Dowries and women’s well-being post marriage

Dowries are transfers of wealth from the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Analysing nationally representative survey data from rural India, this article shows that dowries can influence women's well-being post marriage: brides who do not pay dowry have lower control...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2021

Addressing the nutrition crisis: Reflections from Odisha Millets Mission

The state of Odisha has a severe malnutrition problem, and evidence shows that increasing risks of climate change will render the resource-intensive, rice-wheat cropping system unsustainable. In this note, Saha et al. outline how nutrient-dense, resource-efficient millets have the potential to addre...

  • Notes from the Field

Content Type: Notes from the Field
Topic: Agriculture
Year: 2021

Book review: India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic

The Indian government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has drawn polarising reactions, mostly set within a restrictive ‘success-failure’ metric. In this post, Oommen C Kurian reviews the book Till We Win: India’s Fight Against The Covid-19 Pandemic by Chandrakant Lahariya, Gagandeep Kang ...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Women left behind: Gender disparities in utilisation of government health insurance

Equity in healthcare is a key goal of health policy in India. Analysing administrative data from Rajasthan, this article highlights substantial gender gaps in the utilisation of subsidised hospital care under the state health insurance programme. These disparities persist despite substantial program...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Understanding India’s mental health crisis

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, several reports have indicated a worsening of mental health issues among individuals across age groups. In this post, Michele Mary Bernadine examines the state of mental health in India, the cost of the mental health crisis to the economy, and the extent to ...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021