https://sutraindia.org/insights/ Analysis from the Sutra team on disability rights, education, health, governance and technology in Indian public systems. en-IN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/ai-and-disability-built-with-disabled-users/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/ai-and-disability-built-with-disabled-users/ Artificial intelligence could be the biggest accessibility gain in a generation. Or it could become one more system that persons with disabilities cannot use. The difference is decided at the design stage. AI for Social Impact Bhavya Jain Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/reading-by-class-3-what-aser-2024-tells-us/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/reading-by-class-3-what-aser-2024-tells-us/ The latest national learning survey brings rare good news. It also shows that three in four children in Class 3 still cannot read a simple paragraph. Education Akshay Jain Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/rajasthan-anganwadi-nutrition-frontline/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/rajasthan-anganwadi-nutrition-frontline/ Five years ago, Rajasthan was cutting child undernutrition fast. The latest national health survey shows some of those gains going into reverse. The answer runs through the village Anganwadi. Health and Nutrition Priya Bhattacharya Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/ai-in-public-systems-start-with-the-boring-problems/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/ai-in-public-systems-start-with-the-boring-problems/ The conversation about AI in governance is full of big promises. The real gains, at least at first, will come from fixing small, dull, everyday problems that slow public systems down. AI for Social Impact Akshay Jain Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/early-intervention-the-window-that-matters-most/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/early-intervention-the-window-that-matters-most/ A developmental delay spotted at eighteen months can often be helped. The same delay spotted at seven years is much harder to address. India has a system to catch it early. It needs to work better. Health and Nutrition Priya Bhattacharya Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/why-good-policy-stalls-at-the-district/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/why-good-policy-stalls-at-the-district/ India's social policies are written in Delhi and state capitals. Whether they work is decided in more than 750 districts. That is where most of the gap opens up. Governance Akshay Jain Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/udid-card-first-gate-to-every-right/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/udid-card-first-gate-to-every-right/ A pension, a reserved seat, a bus pass, a job quota. Almost every entitlement starts with one card. Too many people are still waiting for it. Disability Rights Bhavya Jain Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/what-schools-owe-children-with-disabilities/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/what-schools-owe-children-with-disabilities/ Inclusive education is a legal duty, and the law spells out exactly what it involves. Education Priya Bhattacharya Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/caregivers-missing-link-disability-policy/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/caregivers-missing-link-disability-policy/ Behind most children with disabilities who get to school, get a certificate or get a pension, there is a parent who fought for it. Our policies barely see them. Disability Rights Akshay Jain Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/rpwd-act-rights-every-family-should-know/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/rpwd-act-rights-every-family-should-know/ India has one of the strongest disability laws in the world. Most families who need it have never read it. Disability Rights Bhavya Jain Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://sutraindia.org/insights/when-the-price-of-everything-goes-up/ https://sutraindia.org/insights/when-the-price-of-everything-goes-up/ On the 2026 oil shock, household budgets and the policy options actually on the table. Commentary Sutra team Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530