In the Media

Three million fewer women looking for work from 2019 to 2021, shows data
By Priyanka Kakodkar | 31 January 2022

The number of women actively looking for work each month reduced by 3 million between 2019 and 2021. ET HR World quotes the latest CEDA-CMIE Bulletin.

For the Union Budget, the priorities and challenges
By Ashwini Deshpande | 24 January 2022

Ashwini Deshpande writes in the Hindustan Times about the inequality exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why does it matter whether women work?
By Ashwini Deshpande | 24 January 2022

Nilanjana and Purnima from "Women and Work - Why it Matters?" talk to Ashwini Deshpande about women’s participation in the labour force, the value of women’s work, and much more!

Book Discussion with Rukmini S.
By Team CEDA, Rukmini S., Ashwini Deshpande, Gautam I. Menon & Gilles Verniers | 19 January 2022

The Centre for Economic Data and Analysis, Ashoka University brings you a discussion on the book between the author Rukmini S. and Ashwini Deshpande, Gautam I. Menon, and Gilles Verniers; academics who have helped shape our understanding of socio-economic, political and scientific changes with the help of data.

Aadhaar and My Brush With Digital Exclusion
By Ashwini Deshpande | 3 January 2022

Despite being marketed as an instant panacea to life’s most difficult problems, Aadhaar does little to bring India's marginalised and economically vulnerable into the fold of social, financial and digital inclusion.