MGNREGA Flounders in Fund Crunch and Tech Trap Squeeze
Mandatory digital attendance has led to 10% decline in work. Also: Press Release by the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha.
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Gigs, Scams, Ghost Work: India Tech Sector’s Dark Side
With few jobs, India’s youth are turning to the gig economy, scam call centres and AI microwork – for low wages and few protections.
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Not All Rides are Equal: The Daily Exploitation of Uber Drivers
Exploited, underpaid and unrepresented, Uber drivers face stark disparities within, even as the company’s profits soar.
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Former RBI Dy Governor Says Pricing Power of ‘Big 5’ Driving Core Inflation
Industrial concentration by these top private players has allowed them to charge much higher product prices than their competitors, the former deputy RBI governor said.
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Who Does a Good Crop Benefit? Not Farmers. Two Articles.
A good harvest is no longer good for farmers. It benefits traders, hoarders, middlemen, and corporations more. Without government safeguards through MSP and public procurement, the “free-market” system is rigged against farmers.
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India: Mother of Democracy or Child of Plutocracy?
What has been at play since 2014 as part of government policy is the promotion of a select coterie of businessmen for whom cronyism and not innovation is the key to success.
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Is the Government Deliberately or Otherwise Helping the Promoters of the Vedanta Group?
Letter to FM regarding a series of instances of regulatory forbearance extended by the government to the Vedanta Group. The writer says that these suggest an effort by the government to force the tax-payer to bear Vedanta’s debt burden to allow it to pursue its expansion programme.
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The “Hindu Rate of Growth”: Then and Now
There is a fundamental difference between the comparatively low growth-rate of the earlier dirigiste period (pre-1990s) and that of the current neoliberal period.
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A New Dawn? Can India Reverse Its Staggering Inequality?
How long will India’s working people live with a policy regime that concentrates unimaginable levels of wealth in a few hands and leaves millions of people struggling for food, healthcare, decent schooling, work, and pensions when they age?
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Modi Govt Allowed Adani Coal Deals it Knew Were ‘Inappropriate’
The Indian government granted an extraordinary favour to controversial tycoon Gautam Adani, boosting his coal business, documents reveal.
