Toiling Away Without a Toilet Break
The most basic needs of accessing a toilet during working hours is a daily challenge and a health hazard for many women labourers in tea gardens in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
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The Mission Creep Problem in Panchayat Finances
The 14th FC had recommended transfer of significant quantum of untied funds to local bodies, that would have strengthened fiscal decentralisation. The Union Government accepted this recommendation, but has imposed several conditionalities in the release of these funds, effectively leading to fiscal centralisation.
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 5: Hike in Capital Expenditure
While the budget outlay is stagnant in real terms, the FM has announced a hike in capital expenditure — of a whopping 37.4%. This is the third year in succession that she has announced a big hike in capex. She claims this “enhance growth potential and job creation”. Will it?
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The Political Necessity of the Licence-Permit Raj
Industrial licencing established a framework through which newly independent India could spearhead development, and was not necessarily tied to socialism. This explains why it was generally accepted, even by businesses.
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The Condition of the Indian Working Class
A broad analysis of the living and working conditions of India’s large and diverse working class.
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 4: Analysis of Budget Outlay
The Indian economy is in stagflation. Further, the people are facing a colossal unemployment, poverty and hunger crisis. For the economy to have a sustained recovery, it is important that the government greatly increases its expenditure. Has the Budget 2023 done anything towards this?
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How Maruti Suzuki Tried to Turn Men into Machines at Manesar
On International Workers’ Day, an alternative account of how Maruti Suzuki’s small car revolution was not the unmitigated success it was touted to be – for the workers.
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 3: The Modi Government’s Approach to Budgetary Revenues
In the third part of this series, we take a look at the overall approach of the Modi Government towards budgetary revenues and budgetary spending. That would give us pointers towards examining this year’s budget — to see if anything has changed.
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New India as Employer-Dreamland
The Central government says the multiplicity of labour laws is done away with by integrating them into ‘labour codes’. A look at the results.
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Making a Case for the Old Pension Scheme Premium
After Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Punjab is the latest State that has announced its plan to revert to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). Many have argued that this is a fiscally irresponsible move. We argue why and how we must go back to the OPS.
