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economy15 Jun 202612 min read

MGNREGA Completes 20 Years: A Data-Driven Assessment of Rural Employment

Two decades of India's flagship rural employment guarantee scheme — what the data reveals about wage trends, participation, and economic impact across states.

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PM Fasal Bima Yojana: The Claims That Never Reached Farmers

Investigation into delayed and unpaid crop insurance claims across six states.

5 Jun 202615 min read

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Digital Personal Data Protection: India's Privacy Law Comes of Age

From the landmark right to privacy judgment to the 2026 amendments, India's journey toward comprehensive data protection legislation has been long and contentious.

5 Jul 202611 min read

Education Budget: Widening Gap Between Spending and Learning Outcomes

India's education budget has grown 40% in five years, but learning outcomes continue to decline — raising fundamental questions about expenditure efficiency.

14 Jul 20269m83

Who Really Gets the EWS Quota? An Investigation into UPSC's 104 Selections

An investigation into all 104 candidates selected under the 10% EWS quota in Civil Services 2025 finds IIT graduates, private school alumni, and business family children — raising fundamental questions about targeting and due diligence.

8 Aug 202612m94

The Satluj Files: Censored, Released, Removed — The 48-Hour Life of India's Most Controversial Film

Diljit Dosanjh's biopic of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra survived 127 CBFC cuts, three title changes, and a pulled TIFF premiere — only to be taken down by ZEE5 within 48 hours of release. An investigation into India's censorship machinery and the story it tried to bury.

8 Jul 202615m91

81.5 Crore Aadhaar Records Exposed: Inside India's Biggest Data Breach

In October 2023, a threat actor put 815 million Indian citizen records — names, Aadhaar numbers, passport details — up for sale at $80,000. The breach, believed to originate from ICMR's COVID-19 testing database, became India's largest data leak, testing the country's new data protection regime.

9 Jul 202614m94

Mission 360: Inside BJP's Push for a Two-Thirds Majority and the Battle Over India's Constitutional Future

After the shock defeat of the delimitation-cum-women's reservation bill on April 17, 2026, the BJP launched a high-stakes strategy to secure 360+ Lok Sabha seats — enough for a two-thirds majority — by engineering defections, targeting regional parties, and leveraging its historic Bengal win. The outcome will determine whether the government can reshape India's electoral map through constitutional reform.

10 Jul 202616m93

Who Funded India's Democracy? Inside the Electoral Bond Data

From 2018 to 2024, India's electoral bonds scheme enabled ₹12,155 crore in anonymous political donations — 97% from corporations. When the Supreme Court struck down the scheme and ordered data disclosure, the revealed donor lists exposed a web of corporate-political relationships, shell companies, and contributions by firms under investigation.

15 Jul 202618m95

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Ministry of Rural Development

Nodal ministry of Government of India responsible for rural development policies, programmes, and schemes including MGNREGA, PMAY-G, and DAY-NRLM.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Nodal ministry of Government of India responsible for agriculture policy, crop insurance, farmer welfare, and food security.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Supreme audit institution of India, responsible for auditing the accounts of the Union and State governments.

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Election Commission of India

Independent constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. Published landmark electoral bond donor data after the Supreme Court's 2024 verdict, revealing over ₹12,155 crore in anonymous political donations.

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Supreme Court of India

The highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India. In February 2024, a five-judge Constitution Bench unanimously struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme as unconstitutional, upholding citizens' right to information about political funding.

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