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Amitabh Kundu
The writer is Distinguished Fellow at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries
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Mohan Bhagwat’s three-child plan: Why concern about India’s falling fertility rate is misplacedSubscriber Only
December 05, 2024 04:20 IST
They will not address labor shortage and decelerated economic growth fears
Sun, Dec 08, 2024
RBI employment data should be read with a caveatSubscriber Only
August 14, 2024 07:42 IST
Considering the methodological limitations of the dataset, it is surprising that claims should be made of rapid growth of jobs.
Wed, Aug 14, 2024
Why states must reconsider their demand for Special Category StatusSubscriber Only
July 13, 2024 07:20 IST
It is often made for political purposes. Studies have shown that the net benefits a state would get through SCS can be easily achieved through full and proper utilisation of funds under sanctioned projects and tapping existing opportunities
Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Not NDA vs UPA: The numbers behind the poverty debateSubscriber Only
June 01, 2024 07:15 IST
It would be rash to pronounce greater poverty reduction during the UPA period than the NDA since the time points of the available data do not coincide with their periods of governance
Sat, Jun 01, 2024
India’s fall in fertility rate may be a boon in disguise. Here’s whySubscriber Only
April 04, 2024 07:07 IST
Decline in population growth would increase the amount of capital resources and infrastructure available in per capita terms. Additionally, it would permit the relocation of resources for the education and skill development of children rather than expanding coverage
Thu, Apr 04, 2024
Shamika Ravi is wrong. It is unfair to blame survey methodology when results disagree with a view pointSubscriber Only
July 12, 2023 07:30 IST
We must guard against use of surveys and studies whose methodologies are opaque, sample sizes too small or selection process too purposive, just because they support a particular view point
Wed, Jul 12, 2023
Migrant furore in Tamil Nadu: Both workers and destination states need each otherSubscriber Only
March 07, 2023 20:03 IST
State-specific conflicts over migration are not new. But strong economic interests have ensured that these do not become serious threats
Thu, Mar 09, 2023
Amitabh Kundu and P C Mohanan write: Keep politics out of povertySubscriber Only
January 09, 2023 19:16 IST
The choice of indicators, their data sources, and the formulae for measuring poverty in India need to be examined and analysed objectively
Mon, Jan 09, 2023
EWS Quota: A political freebieSubscriber Only
November 23, 2022 14:18 IST
Amitabh Kundu writes: It is very likely that those who work in the private sector, where it is difficult to establish the actual income, along with political pressure groups, will grab the benefits
Mon, Nov 28, 2022
The solution to India’s stunted improvement on the Human Development Index: Improving access to quality educationSubscriber Only
September 14, 2022 03:45 IST
India, belonging to the medium HDI category, shows dimensional inequalities similar to or slightly below the average figures in the category, except in the case of education where it is high and closer to the low HDI countries. The inequalities in health and education are more than twice that of the very high and high HDI categories
Wed, Sep 14, 2022
India to become most populous nation by 2023: Reading the figuresSubscriber Only
July 18, 2022 19:07 IST
Amitabh Kundu, P C Mohanan write: It's not just size. Distribution of population by age will play a significant role in shaping development dynamics.
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
Efforts to estimate poverty from 2011-21 are commendable, given absence of dataSubscriber Only
June 30, 2022 04:05 IST
Amitabh Kundu writes: Intending to provide inputs for policy making, researchers have evolved ingenious methods of estimating the data, using past datasets and those that have not been designed to get robust expenditure estimates
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Why there’s no agreement on India’s Covid death figuresSubscriber Only
May 11, 2022 04:00 IST
P C Mohanan, Amitabh Kundu write: In the absence of robust data on deaths due to the pandemic, claims and counterclaims will continue
Wed, May 11, 2022
Thanks to data gaps, NFHS provides a limited pictureSubscriber Only
December 07, 2021 03:29 IST
🔴 Amitabh Kundu, P C Mohanan write: Scrutiny of NFHS sex ratio figures is difficult because crucial survey design information isn’t in public domain.
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
Has the economic fallout of the pandemic affected different communities in different ways?Subscriber Only
August 27, 2021 03:50 IST
Data from the recent Periodic Labour Force Survey indicates that this is indeed so, writes Amitabh Kundu.
Sat, Aug 28, 2021
Govt needs to encourage more remunerative cropping patterns, while addressing farmer anxietiesSubscriber Only
December 09, 2020 03:10 IST
Centre must make transparent efforts to push exports consistently and not follow the stop-go policy emanating from price controls for the Indian consumer market.
Wed, Dec 09, 2020
Focusing on health, education of women will bring down population, increase work participationSubscriber Only
September 19, 2019 03:34 IST
Policy-making in India has in recent decades been generally neutral to data and research. However, in matters of demography, particularly while prescribing strong punitive measures for having large families, decisions must be taken based on rigorous analysis of the data to avoid a China type crisis.
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Whose quota is it anyway?Subscriber Only
January 28, 2019 01:53 IST
Eligibility criteria for reservation for economically weaker sections will enable the well-off to corner benefits
Mon, Jan 28, 2019
Budget 2016: Change not backed by allocationSubscriber Only
March 01, 2016 02:07 IST
The actual taxes proposed and operationalisation of relevant schemes leaves one with mixed feelings.
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
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