India’s Economic Crisis Took Their Jobs and Careers – and the ‘Recovery’ Hasn’t Brought Them Back
Contrary to the government’s claims of an economic recovery, millions of young Indians laid off last year remain jobless.
India’s Poor are Eating into Their Savings, Thanks to High Inflation and COVID-19
Rising inflation is forcing millions of households in India to cut back on food and dip into their savings for essentials. This could wipe out gross household savings, hampering future economic recovery because households would have no money to spend.
India’s Staggering Unemployment Crisis
The pandemic is not responsible for the unemployment crisis in the country, it has only worsened it. An estimation of the extent of unemployment in the country before the pandemic struck.
When Multinational Grain Traders Told an Official Committee Why They Wanted the FCI to Be Wound Up
An official report prepared under the Vajpayee government in 2002 gives us a glimpse of some of the major lobbies pressing for restructuring of India’s agriculture and food economy.
Why Public Employment Is Crucial for a Healthy, Equitable Society
Greater public employment ensures better deliver of public services to citizens.
Modi’s Farm Produce Act was Authored 30 Years Ago, in Washington D.C.
Key provisions of the Modi Government’s farm bills, such as ending government procurement and winding up the FCI, were in fact spelled out in a World Bank document of August 1991.
Farm Laws: How Bihar’s Peasantry was Pushed to the Brink after APMCs were Scrapped
The nationwide protests against the three contentious Farm Laws enacted by the Centre has brought Bihar into focus. It is a state where new regulations for agricultural produce and its storage, sale and pricing have been in place since 2006. The Bihar government repealed the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act fourteen years ago in…
Government’s Timidity in Handling Fiscal Deficit Post- Pandemic has Added to Workers Woes
The government did not give out relief packages in order to avoid stretching beyond its fiscal deficit limit, because it would have been frowned upon by global finance.
Support the Struggle of the Farmers: It Is Our Struggle Too – Part 2
The struggle against neoliberal reforms in agriculture would not only make farming sustainable and profitable, it would also lead to the creation of crores of jobs in agriculture. Therefore, the struggle of the farmers is closely connected to the struggle of the youth for adequate means of livelihood.
Too Much Democracy, Mr. Kant, or Too Little ?
Democracy is not just periodical elections or a brute majority in Parliament, but the existence of robust constitutional values. If only Mr. Kant would take the trouble of stepping out of his bio bubble in Niti Aayog, he would notice their absence in his New India.