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🚨 New publication alert! Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) explores gender dynamics in ownership across sector, activity & business types in Indian informal sector. Women own 27% of informal businesses—most solo-run, with no more than 7% hiring workers. Explore trends here👇 ceda.ashoka.edu.in/gender-gaps-in…

New analysis from Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) on gender gaps in the informal sector using 3 years of ASUSE data from Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. Female ownership of informal businesses has increased but only to 27%. Most businesses are small, solo-run.

‘Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics’ will be published on 4 June from OUP USA. Appears in rest of the world in September. Offers a new reading of the economic history of arid and semi-arid regions of the world, mainly in Asia and Africa.

🚨Women & Work – May 2025 is LIVE!🚨 Featuring: 💪Pourakarmikas win hard-fought job security & rights 📄Why job ads alone wont fix gender gaps 🖍️Kids’ drawings reveal gender stereotypes 🎬Piku’s CV: Cinematic fiction or working women’s reality? Explore⬇️ceda.ashoka.edu.in/#women-and-wor…

Dr. Mruthyunjaya, Former Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, and Consultant to IFPRI , New Delhi (2014–15), visited our office on May 22, 2025. Know more: fas.org.in/events/visit-b… During the visit, Dr. Mruthyunjaya was introduced

What are the shifting dynamics of class, caste, and gender in rural India today? How are agrarian relations evolving amid technological and economic change? As part of the upcoming International Conference on Agrarian Studies, the Foundation invites papers that explore these

The World Bank $3 and $4.2 poverty lines are in PPP$, so the rupee equivalent are only ₹60 and ₹84. Aren't these too low for today's India? We need our own poverty lines and a proper assessment of people's well-being thewire.in/economy/why-in…

हरियाणा में सरकारी नौकरी के लिए आयोजित होने वाली प्रतियोगी परीक्षा CET के फॉर्म भरे जा रहे हैं और जिसमें लेटेस्ट रिज़र्व केटेगरी सर्टिफिकेट मांगा गया है पर हरियाणा में सरल वेबसाइट ठीक से काम नहीं कर रही है जिसकी वजह से नए रिज़र्व केटेगरी सर्टिफिकेट नहीं बन पा रहे हैं । मजबूरन

India ranks 131/148 in Gender Gap Index. Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) reveals how informal sector gaps keep women-led businesses small, solo & sidelined: 🔸Women own 27.2% of firms 🔸0.9% hire workers vs 11.7% for men 🔸Men lead in trade (86.2%) & services (83.6%) Read: ceda.ashoka.edu.in/gender-gaps-in…

India, not China, is now the world's largest rice producer. But this is a crown of thorns- an addiction which runs from public research labs and the farm, all the way to our plates. Mint Primer on this visceral cereal-bias livemint.com/economy/mint-p…

India now ranks 131/148 in Global Gender Gap Index! Analysis by Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) reveals: 🔹 Rural female LFPR nearly doubled: 23.5% → 42.8% 🔹 ~98 million women entered workforce in 7 years 🔹 Rise driven by unpaid & own-account low-productivity work Read: ceda.ashoka.edu.in/too-good-to-be…

#callforpapers How has the reversal of poverty reduction due to the pandemic affected the lives and livelihoods of the rural working poor? In what ways can we understand poverty and deprivation in a broader sense, not just in terms of income but also access to land, housing,

🚨Honoured to receive the Best Doctoral Presentation Award at the Punjab Research Group conference in Coventry. Sincere thanks to the organisers, judges, and audience for this recognition and their thoughtful questions and feedback. #PunjabStudies #PoliticalEconomy

India’s rank on Global Gender Gap Index fell to 131/ 148 Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) reveals gaps in workplace safety reporting: - 1/3 women reported experiencing harassment - 1,160 cases in 2022–23 came from just 81 companies - 219 companies filed 0 cases Read: ceda.ashoka.edu.in/a-decade-of-th…

Major update: PhD submission Felt every emotion possible in the last 24 hours. This PhD journey has seen it all - every transformation, every meltdown. All the yelling/crying/frustration now feels worth it. What a day! #PhD #Haryana #sports #jnu

👀 What’s India really looking like? From 🤰 fertility to 💼 employment, 🧠 education to 🩺 health — Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA)'s Socio-Economic Data Portal (SEDP) lets you explore 50+ indicators with interactive maps, charts & tables. Start exploring👉 sedp.ceda.ashoka.edu.in

🗳️Now that the govt has indicated that women’s reservation is likely to be implemented in the 2029 election, one wonders what parties are doing to build a steady supply of powerful & influential women leaders in the run-up. Here are some suggestions: indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

🥭Aam Ke Naam🥭 Import of fresh fruits like🍎🍐🍊🍒🫐 into India, up 80% in 6 yrs to Rs 25,770 cr Export of fresh mangoes from India, the largest fruit crop after🍌, down 40% in 6 yrs. What's wrong? Read more: livemint.com/industry/mango…

How do we make sense of the many transitions across employment arrangements in India’s labour market? New in World Development, Rosa & I study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. How do they 👀?🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨Women & Work – June'25 is LIVE🚨 Featuring: ⚓Win for women in uniform as India slides on gender index 🔥Menopause is breaking careers & silence is louder 👩‍🎤Who is ‘Pretty Little Baby’ breaking internet? 📄If Gangubai had CV—what would it say? Explore: ceda.ashoka.edu.in/#women-and-wor…