Find your bearings on the questions India argues about.

Liberty Lighthouse answers 153 questions about India’s economy, laws and government, in plain, sourced writing and short videos, free, from the Centre for Civil Society. Each point of light is a question, and each colour is a topic.

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The list of lights

On a chart, the list of lights tells a navigator what every light on the coast means. This one describes every topic: what is in it, and a question to start with.

  1. Agriculture

    18 questions, 6 short videos and a syllabus

    Why is there so much food waste?

  2. Economic Growth

    5 questions

    How did other countries get rich?

  3. Education

    11 questions and a syllabus

    Why do government schools underperform?

  4. Feminism

    12 questions and a syllabus

    Is feminism only about women?

  5. Goods and Services Tax

    19 questions and a syllabus

    How does GST work?

  6. India's Constitution

    17 questions and a syllabus

    How has our constitutional law evolved in the last 75 years?

  7. Labour and manufacturing

    9 questions, 3 short videos and a syllabus

    How is India's labour regulatory framework structured?

  8. Property Rights

    10 questions and a syllabus

    Is the right to property absolute?

  9. Public Choice

    9 questions, 9 short videos and a syllabus

    Why can a policy seem ‘good’ and still cause harm?

  10. Small entrepreneurs

    19 questions and a syllabus

    How do vendors decide where to sit when there is no official vending plan?

  11. Trade

    15 questions

    Does the rupee's value decide whether India can compete?

  12. Urbanism

    9 questions

    Why is your house rent so high?

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