Archive - ISignal Weekly

IndiaSpend Is Now ISignal, India’s Data Desk

Jul 20 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

The Crisis That’s Weighing India Down

This week, why India’s overweight and obesity prevalence is rising, and how India’s existing textile parks are faring

Jul 11 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

What NFHS Tells Us About Mothers & Children

Indian children still have low weights, and deliveries by Caesarean section are rising, particularly in the private sector

Jul 4 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

June 2026

Where Jail Is The Rule

This week, how undertrial prisoners languish without trial, and how a Mumbai landfill made it to an infamous list

Jun 27 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

Coverage Is Not Care

This week, why rising health insurance cover hasn’t reduced medical bills, and what India’s migration data reveal about who moves and how far

Jun 20 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

How India's Factory Injuries Are Undercounted

This week, how factories routinely flout rules, leading to accidents and injuries, and what a decline in domestic violence cases conceals

Jun 13 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

War & Oil (Not That Oil)

This week, India’s ambitions to nearly double its oilseeds production as imports get costlier, and an analysis of national data on crime against…

Jun 6 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

May 2026

When It Rains, It Pours. But When It Doesn’t?

This week, what a below-normal monsoon and an intense El Niño mean for India, and why India’s fertiliser use remains high

May 30 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

When Heat Comes For The Vulnerable

The impact of heat on patients with chronic disease, on marginalised women forced to return to the chulha, and how compensation for accident victims…

May 23 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

‘Twixt the Cup and the Lip

This week, what disaster relief for heatwaves could look like, and how medical boards are gatekeeping legal abortions

May 9 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

Migration & Distress

How changing climate is worsening Purulia’s migration crisis, and the impact of heat on India’s gig and platform workers

May 2 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

April 2026

'The Work Had Just Begun'

This week, the consequences of the new transgender protection law amendment, and how Indian families spend on school education

Apr 25 • Karthik Madhavapeddi

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