Research & Analysis
Turning data into meaningful insights through research, comparisons, and analysis. Understanding what the evidence tells us and what it doesn't.
Research & Analysis
India's long build: rail, road and power, 1951–2024
Seventy years of public records show when India's physical networks grew, when they stalled, and how little the headline totals reveal on their own.
Research & Analysis
Where the roads went: seventy years of rural connectivity
A village-level view of who was connected, and when. The map of rural roads is a record of sequencing, not a score of success.
Research & Analysis
Measuring public resources: a framework for long-run comparison
How ContextLens normalises budgets, staffing and physical assets across seventy years of changing definitions.
Research & Analysis
Electrification is a count of connections, not of hours
Why a village can be “electrified” and still dark most evenings.