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Almost 60% men in Goa drink alcohol, highest in India; for women, it’s under 5%

PANAJI: Goa has the country’s highest percentage of men in the 15-49 age group who drink alcohol, with 59%, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5. For women, the corresponding figure is less than 5%. Of those men who drink, almost half — or 45% — consume alcohol less…

The Times of India · May 17, 2022

Measuring the change: On socio-economic surveys

India should invest more to enhance the reliability of various socio-economic surveys

The Hindu · May 10, 2022

No safe haven for women at home

Gender-based violence against women is at an all-time high in Tamil Nadu. For a State that is counted as progressive otherwise, the latest National Family Health Survey findings are a sobering call to action against spousal violence primarily spurred by alcoholism. Even as the State’s coffers are regularly filled by…

The Hindu · Apr 16, 2022