The move narrows legal recognition and removes self-identification, leaving community members, shelter homes and healthcare providers in uncertainty ...

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.

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Thirty-five-year-old Ritu Bhalla was twice diagnosed with blood cancer, at the ages of four and 11. She developed chronic hepatitis B as a long-term side-effect after cancer ...

Mumbai: In September 2025, Kalidas Madhulkar Khilare’s 18-year-old son stepped out of his home in Pune to catch a bus for college. A rickshaw hit him. As he fell, the vehicle’s rear wheel ran over his ...

Visakhapatnam: Every summer, millions of Indians in informal work lose income they cannot afford to lose. They work slower in extreme heat, take unpaid sick days, or stop work entirely when ...

The proportion of undertrials has reduced from 76% in 2022 to 74%, the NCRB report shows. By April 2025, the number of undertrials had reduced by 2.5% but the proportion remained the same, indicating ...

Bengaluru: Dowry-related crimes in India are routinely underreported and undercounted, an IndiaSpend analysis of government data and various studies shows. This reflects in official data as well.

Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Despite the 14th and 15th Finance Commissions’ recognition of the need for rural local bodies to become more efficient in revenue collection, panchayats’ own income fell 10.5% ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Indian men spend less time on unpaid domestic and caregiving work compared to the women, and the little time they do spend is also concentrated in outdoor activities such as ...