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New research published in Mint Newspaper highlights which policies will be most effective at improving agricultural productivity. Small and marginal farmers in Rajasthan suffer from water scarcity together with poor quality seeds. Research shows that policies tackling both these issues would have...

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Chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease have a devastating and growing impact and now account for about 60% of all deaths in India. Between 1995 and 2014, the incidence of self-reporting of chronic illnesses in Rajasthan increased from 3 to 20 per 1,000 population. New...

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An article published in The Economic Times today highlights opportunities to further reduce infant and maternal mortality. In Andhra Pradesh, infant mortality dropped from 54 to 35 deaths per live birth between 2005/6 and 2015/16. Yet, Andhra Pradesh faces the ongoing challenge of low child...

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An article published in The Economic Times highlights opportunities to further reduce infant and maternal mortality. In Rajasthan, infant mortality dropped from 65 to 41 deaths per live birth between 2005/6 and 2015/16. Yet, Rajasthan faces the ongoing challenges of low child immunization levels...

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The Andhra Pradesh Priorities project is happy to announce the members of its Eminent Panel. Nobel Laureate in economics, Professor Finn Kydland, is joined by leading economists from Andhra Pradesh and India - Mahendra Dev, Vinita Bali and Nisha Agrawal. The Eminent Panel members will read all of...

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The Rajasthan Priorities project is happy to announce the members of its Eminent Panel. The Eminent Panel members are some of the most prestigious economists in India: Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and member of NITI Aayog; Rathin Roy,...

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New research released today highlights different ways for Rajasthan to solve its skilling crisis. Skilling Rajasthan is a huge challenge: In the next five years, the state needs 53 lakh skilled people in the labour market. However existing initiatives would ensure up to 10 lakh people. When India...

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New research released today shows which policies contribute most effectively to skill development in Andhra Pradesh. Skilling is a major priority for Andhra Pradesh, with its ambitious target of skilling 20 million people in a span of 15 years through the AP State Skill Development Corporation (...

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A new research paper released today has tailored, policy-relevant data showing how Andhra Pradesh can bring forward the eradication of Tuberculosis. Bjorn Lomborg, president of Copenhagen Census Center and Manorama Bakshi, Senior Adviser to the India Consensus project discuss the research in a new...

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A new research paper released today has tailored, policy-relevant data showing how Rajasthan can bring forward the eradication of Tuberculosis, the ambition set by Prime Minister Modi. Bjorn Lomborg, president of Copenhagen Census Center and Manorama Bakshi, Senior Adviser to the India Consensus...

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