Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution … outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand which were lagging behind earlier have shown a marked improvement. [IGIDR …

This note provides an estimate of incidence of poor and poverty risk in India across NSS regions for 2004-05 and 2009 … are not necessarily among the relatively worse-off CABMOUJ (kab mouj, referring to Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya …

such as Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka are gainers whereas traditionally backward states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh …

An innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar was introduced that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary …

Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in India. Estimates suggest that more than 25 … explanations. A decomposition of missing women by age across the states of India is done. The state-wise variation in the … phenomenon in India. [BREAD Working Paper No. 326]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/326.pdf]. …

Prostitution and Child Pornography was ratified by India on September 16, 2005. This is the initial report by India on the status …), the Government of India (GoI), in consultation with concerned Ministries and agencies working for children in India …

The HUNGaMA (Hunger and M alnutrition) S urvey conducted across 112 rural districts of India in 2011 provides r eliable … child nutrition in India is happening, including in t he 1 00 F ocus D istricts. However rates of child malnutrition are …

The Indian media has wrongly compared Bihar's (that is, 11.03per cent) average annual growth during the period 2004 … conclusion, some moe mining and analysis of data may show that Bihar cannot be compared with Gujarat since the GSDP figure for …

poor in Bihar—more than any other state. Also, poverty in Bihar and Jharkand is most intense—poor people are deprived …