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What do India's graduates do?
A higher education is seen as a pathway to better jobs and wages. We examine the work that India's 140 million graduates do, and whether having a higher education is a guarantee of better employment.
Measurement
Changes in the World Bank's measurement of poverty in India
In the absence of Indian poverty estimates for over a decade, the World Bank's estimates have become the key source of data for India. We track the methodological changes that underpin the Bank's new estimates, and their impact on Indian data.
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Work
Employment
Salaried jobs in India
As countries grow and develop and their workers gain more skills, most jobs become salaried or regular wage jobs. While the share of salaried jobs in India is growing, salaried workers remain a minority, and many do not have the benefits typically associated with such work.
Measurement
Poverty
Changes in the World Bank's measurement of poverty in India
In the absence of Indian poverty estimates for over a decade, the World Bank's estimates have become the key source of data for India. We track the methodological changes that underpin the Bank's new estimates, and their impact on Indian data.
Economy
Economic growth
The World Bank's estimates of poverty in India
In June 2025, the World Bank revised its global poverty lines, producing new estimates for the levels of poverty in India and the rest of the world. In this piece, we look at the different poverty lines, their impact on poverty numbers for India, and how they were constructed.
Work
Female employment
Why has female labour force participation in India changed?
After being low by global standards for decades, and falling further since the mid 2000s, the share of Indian women who are in the labour force has increased. We examine the parts of the workforce and the economy where these changes have occurred.