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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
India’s former chief statistician says that the data on which India’s GDP is calculated is “a major concern”, and if not corrected soon, India’s GDP growth figures could become “unreliable”. He says that the Q1 GDP growth figure of 7.8% is an overestimation, and that 6.5% is more accurate.
Despite the successful rescue operation of 41 miners trapped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse, it is essential to understand the problems with the larger Char Dham project, to prevent similar disasters in the future.
November 22 marks the second anniversary of the incarceration without trial of Khurram Parvez. He is the most prominent human rights defender of his generation from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). His arrest is seen as part of the larger crackdown on human rights defenders and journalists in J&K.
The architect of the Indian constitution had to wait for 75 years after independence for a statue to be erected in his honour. All this while, a taller statue of Manu – whose teachings are against the basic values of the constitution – was unveiled on the premises of the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan high court way back in 1989.
Why is the BJP uncomfortable with the caste census? Why are the social justice parties excited, given the ways in which BJP has turned the table against them in the recent past? What possibilities and challenges does the caste survey open up for both the BJP and the opposition?
Here, in five charts, we try to decode the life of women in Rajasthan and answer whether the statistics are in sync with the situation in other states and at the all India-level.
The Opposition and critics have alleged the ban is the latest chapter in the Adityanath government’s hostilities against Muslims in the state.
The Meiteis, Pangals, and Kukis of Manipur, all extended support to the INA and its struggle. The Naga people were not an exception either. This legacy of unity and amity was sadly lost in independent India. Instead, the North East, including Manipur, became the country’s chronically restive region.
‘Extreme Weather in India: A Disaster Nearly Every Day’: India has seen a disaster nearly every day this year – from heat and cold waves, cyclones and lightning to heavy rain, floods and landslides. Also: ‘US Has Faced a Record 23 Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Disasters in 2023’.
The COP28 summit taking place in Dubai from 30 Nov to 12 Dec is a colossal illusion. The delusionary effect is that the capitalist system is capable of reforming itself sufficiently to prevent global climate catastrophe, even as all the evidence points to the opposite conclusion.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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