Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 | CSDS-Lokniti survey

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 | CSDS-Lokniti survey

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah (2R) with Vice President Omar Abdullah (R) after the party’s Legislature Party Meeting, at the headquarters Nawa e Subha in Srinagar, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Omar Abdullah was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Conference (NC) emerged as the single largest party … Read more

Bhojshala survey: Muslim petitioner demands submission of video evidence in court

Bhojshala survey: Muslim petitioner demands submission of video evidence in court

A view of the Bhojshala Temple | Photo Credit: ANI After the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) submitted its report in the Madhya Pradesh High Court of the survey at the Bhojshala Complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar, the Hindu petitioners exerted confidence in their case while the Muslim petitioners alleged violations on the part of … Read more

Bank fixed deposits most favourite form of investment for low, high income groups, mutual funds catching up: Survey

Bank fixed deposits most favourite form of investment for low, high income groups, mutual funds catching up: Survey

The Moneyview Savings Index 2024, which was conducted during the financial year ended March 2024, showed that 72% of the respondents earning over Rs 50,000 monthly salary have higher savings compared to just 51% of those earning less than that. It stated lower-income groups often opt for safer options like savings accounts even though interest … Read more

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Campaigns play key role in shaping choice

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Campaigns play key role in shaping choice

Supporters wave flags with images of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Amritsar. | Photo Credit: AFP In a democracy, electoral campaigns play a significant role in mobilizing the voters’ choices. Campaigning as a political strategy accomplishes three necessary tasks — it connects the parties and their leaders with the electorate; it … Read more

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Development for whom?

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Development for whom?

Close to 2 in 10 voters are of the view that in the last five years, no development has taken place in the country. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Development has consistently figured as a major consideration for Indians while deciding whom to vote in Lok Sabha elections. In 2014, two in 10 voters held … Read more

85 per cent Indians support rule by a strong leader or military says Pew survey Data

85 per cent Indians support rule by a strong leader or military says Pew survey Data

In 2023, the share of Indians who believed that representative democracy is a good way of governance declined considerably from 2017. | Photo Credit: iStock In India, 85% of respondents to a 2023 survey said that military rule or rule by an authoritarian leader would be good for the country. India’s share was the highest … Read more

Maharashtra Backward Class Commission submits Maratha survey report to Shinde; special session on Feb. 20 to address demands

Maharashtra Backward Class Commission submits Maratha survey report to Shinde; special session on Feb. 20 to address demands

Chairman of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, Justice (retired) Sunil Shukre hands over the survey report on the backwardness of Maratha community to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Friday. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis is also present. | Photo Credit: ANI The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted a comprehensive survey … Read more