Author: Arpita Ghatnekar
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India’s Female Employment Gap: Where Is the Real Bottleneck?
PLFS data for April–August 2026 reveal three distinct challenges: bringing more women into the labour force, converting urban participation into employment, and improving young women’s transition into work. India’s gender employment challenge is often discussed through a single indicator female labour-force participation. But the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data reveal that the problem…
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How India’s Young Space Pioneers Are Building a New Space Economy
For decades, an Indian student fascinated by rockets had one obvious destination: ISRO. Today, the same student can imagine building the rocket, owning the company and selling space services to the world. India’s private space revolution shows what can happen when young technical talent meets regulatory freedom, public infrastructure and patient capital. On 18 July…