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14/01/2026
(Co-authored with Nikhil Rahangdale and Alka Singh)
India has a strange problem in its school system where almost every child starts primary school, but a large number of them never finish high school. UDISE+ 2024–25 shows that while India enrolls 246.9 million students, only 64.8 million reach secondary grades. Dropout …
Adequate Budgets for Children is key to sustainable development
Modi 2.0 Budget: Good initiatives; More needed for Every last Child
Amarnath Habbar Kalle, NIPFP, Alka Singh, Save the Children
With Inputs from Rohit Dutta, NIPFP and Shivani Bhaskar, Save the Children