In the Media

Interview: Ashwini Deshpande on the need for Indian economists to grapple with discrimination
By Rohan Venkataramakrishnan | 18 September 2021

The Scroll publishes an interview with Ashwini Deshpande where she speaks about engaging with questions related to gender and caste in the field.

MGNREGA: 100 days of work? Barely a quarter
By Surya Sarathi Ray | 15 September 2021

The Financial Express quotes a CEDA data narrative on why MGNREGA might still be falling short.

National Monetisation Pipeline and the infrastructure deficit
By Pulapre Balakrishnan | 6 September 2021

Pulapre Balakrishnan writes about the National Monetisation Pipeline and the infrastructure deficit in The Hindu.

Social Discrimination Key Factor In Stunting Among Children: Study
By Tanya Jain | 2 September 2021

IndiaSpend quotes a CEDA data narrative which shows that caste practices and other kinds of social exclusion reduce communities' access to maternal and child health, leading to more cases of stunting.

Women need a better deal
By Mahesh Vyas | 24 August 2021

New research by Prof Ashwini Deshpande and Jitendra Singh of Ashoka University suggests that India’s low and falling fem­ale labour participation rate is not just because they are spending more time on education or that their families are now better off such that they do not have to work.