Public engagements & events

2025

Opinion

Investing in India's Children: A Look at Child Budgets

BudgetsDataHuman Development

Avani Kapur

Sharad Pandey

Aparajita Sharma

2025

Opinion

#Budget2025: Four Key Trends in Union Govt's Social Sector Expenditure

DataBudgets

Avani Kapur

Sharad Pandey

2025

Opinion

What the Union Budget does — and doesn't do — for women

GenderDataBudgets

Tanya Rana

Laavanya Tamang

2025

Opinion

A highwire walk that must balance between economic growth and people's welfare needs

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2024

Opinion

संख्याओं से प्रभाव तक : राजस्थान के प्रभावी डेटा प्रबंधन से सीख (Hindi version)

Data

Avani Kapur

Sidharth Santhosh

2024

Opinion

Viksit Bharat vs Garib Kalyan, a balancing act

Avani Kapur

Yamini Aiyar

2024

Courses & Workshops

Workshop on Writing Case Studies for Public Policy

Mallika Arora

Tanya Rana

2024

Courses & Workshops

Building Capacities of 'Women in Governance'

Swapna Ramtake

Tajuddin Khan

Kaushal Pathak

Uday Shankar

2024

Courses & Workshops

Building Governance Capacities at 'She Represents' program

Mallika Arora

Swapna Ramtake

Tajuddin Khan

Kaushal Pathak

Uday Shankar

2024

Conferences

Participation at the India Civic Summit

Urban Development

Sidharth Santhosh

2024

Conferences

Conference Presentation at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

DataBureaucracy

Sidharth Santhosh

Avani Kapur

2024

Conferences

Participation at the Climate Asia Roundtable

Climate

Avani Kapur

Sidharth Santhosh

2024

Courses & Workshops

Navigating public systems at the district

Human DevelopmentEducationHealthNutritionBudgets

Mallika Arora

Avani Kapur

Tanya Rana

Laavanya Tamang

Sidharth Santhosh

2024

Opinion

Governments are collecting data, but not smartly enough. Rajasthan government has an answer

DataNutritionHealthEducationHuman DevelopmentBureaucracy

Sidharth Santhosh

Avani Kapur

2024

Opinion

From numbers to impact: Learning from effective data management in Rajasthan

DataNutritionHealthEducationHuman DevelopmentBureaucracy

Sidharth Santhosh

Avani Kapur

2024

Courses & Workshops

Elections & Gender Through A Solutions-Lens: Building an Inclusive and Complete Narrative

GenderHuman DevelopmentBudgets

Tanya Rana

2024

In the news

From women's unpaid labour to ASHA wages, how are parties addressing the care work economy? | Explained

GenderHuman DevelopmentHealthNutrition

Tanya Rana

2024

Opinion

In Poll Season, Why Women's Care Labour Needs To Be Debated

GenderHuman Development

Tanya Rana

2024

Opinion

Why Surveillance Measures Will Not Ensure Women's Safety

GenderHuman DevelopmentHealth

Tanya Rana

2024

Opinion

Has Beti Bachao Beti Padhao's Media Advocacy Focus Achieved The Desired Outcomes?

GenderHuman DevelopmentBudgetsHealth

Tanya Rana

2024

Opinion

In Govt's Maternal Health Scheme, Big Gap Between Intent And Reality

GenderHuman DevelopmentBudgetsHealth

Tanya Rana

2024

Opinion

Why This Year's Interim Gender Budget Is Riddled with Ambiguity

GenderHuman DevelopmentBudgetsHealth

Tanya Rana

2023

Opinion

Budget2023: Infrastructure Spending Grows But At The Expense Of Social Sector Spending

Budgets

Avani Kapur

Sharad Pandey

Ritwik Shukla

2023

Opinion

Budget 2023: Capital expenditure grows at the cost of social welfare

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2023

Courses & Workshops

Building Capacities of Grassroot CSO functionaries

Swapna Ramtake

Tajuddin Khan

Kaushal Pathak

Uday Shankar

2023

Opinion

Institutionalising social audits: Lessons from Meghalaya

Human DevelopmentSocial AuditsBureaucracy

Sidharth Santhosh

2023

In the news

One Stop, Many Challenges: Sakhi Centres Struggle To Support Women Survivors of Violence

GenderHuman DevelopmentHealth

Tanya Rana

2023

Opinion

Making menstrual health a welfare priority: Insights from three states

GenderHuman DevelopmentBudgetsHealth

Tanya Rana

2023

Opinion

Has Budget 2023-24 been successful in balancing gender priorities?

GenderDataBudgets

Tanya Rana

2022

Opinion

India UnderSpends On Nutrition, New Nutrition Programme Yet To Be Implemented

BudgetsNutritionHealth

Avani Kapur

Ritwik Shukla

2022

Opinion

Budget 2022: A missed opportunity

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2022

Opinion

Budget 2022 Increases Education Spending, Samagra Shiksha Scheme Key For School Reopenings

EducationBudgets

Sidharth Santhosh

Mridusmita Bordoloi

2021

Opinion

What the budget means for India's social sector

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2020

Opinion

Will children get attention in budget?

Budgets

Avani Kapur

Mridusmita Bordoloi

2020

Opinion

Rural India reels under economic slump

Avani Kapur

Meghna Paul

Vastav Irava

2020

Opinion

Post Covid-19, India needs increased focus on air quality

Avani Kapur

Santosh Harish

2020

Opinion

Indian states are short of money. They need help

Avani Kapur

Udit Ranjan

2020

Opinion

Decoding the dip in public expenditure

Avani Kapur

Sharad Pandey

2020

Opinion

Tendering trash: Lessons in urban waste management from Indian cities

Urban DevelopmentWaste ManagementSanitation

Sidharth Santhosh

Oliver Harman

2019

Opinion

Rural Development, Health And Maternal Welfare Schemes Underfunded In Interim Budget

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2018

Opinion

Why Arun Jaitley must focus on education, health, nutrition

HealthNutrition

Avani Kapur

2018

Opinion

How a 'Pro-Poor' budget downplays programmes that fund the poor

Budgets

Avani Kapur

2015

Opinion

How much does India spend on elementary education?

BudgetsEducation

Avani Kapur

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