What Is to Be Done About Unemployment?
An increase in government expenditure financed by larger wealth and inheritance taxation provides the easiest and most direct route to the generation of larger employment in the economy.
From Guest Workers to Ghost Workers: The Electoral Exclusion of India’s Migrants
Migrants are often unable to cast their votes due to systemic exclusions and economic constraints. This has made them invisible as a vote-bank and heightened their marginalisation.
The Economic Situation in 2023-24, Part 2: India’s Appalling Unemployment Crisis
This three part series takes a look at the economic situation in the country in early 2024, in the context of the claims being made by the Modi Government regarding the state of the economy. In the second part of this series, we take a look at the unprecedented unemployment crisis gripping the country.
Exploitation | India | Indian Economy | Inflation | Online Blog | Poverty | Privatization | Unemployment
Welfare Spending in the Past Two Decades: Has the NDA Era Been Different?
The last two decades have seen little increase in welfare spending. But the NDA government has created an image of being focused on welfare by renaming schemes, appropriating older ones, and starving some UPA schemes of funds.
Rethinking Employment and Industrialisation in India
Corporate-driven industrialisation has failed to create the jobs that India’s youth need. We need a different kind of growth based on reducing the productivity gap between rural and urban India. The author presents an agenda for raising rural productivity so that quality employment is created in the rural areas.
NREGA Sangharsh Morcha Flays Linking of MNREGA to Aadhaar; Congress Calls it Cruel
In a press statement, the Morcha has condemned the Modi government’s implementation of mandatory Aadhaar-based wage payments for MGNREGA workers from January 1, saying it will render 8.9 crore rural workers ‘ineligible’. Also: The Congress condemns this.
Economy | India | Online Blog | Unemployment
Employment Record of Modi Govt vs Claims; 25,000 Applicants for 15 Govt Posts in Karnataka – 2 Articles
GOI efforts to spin a jobs growth narrative has meant the following: it is not willing to recognise a glaring problem, and hence no concrete efforts are needed to change economic policy to make the growth pattern more labour-intensive.
Four Young Persons Set Off Harmless Smoke Canisters in Parliament – 3 Articles
Very few are actually asking why these poor subaltern kids were daring to repeat Bhagat Singh’s act, knowing that they will face serious consequences. Also: ‘Drop the UAPA Charges Against Youth Arrested in Parliament Jumping Case: PUCL’; and ‘Unemployment, Inflation: Rahul Gandhi Blames PM Modi’s Policies for Parliament Security Breach’.
The Cruelty of Delhi University’s Ad-Hoc Teacher System
Thousands of teachers work under the system with no job security. Now they fear that new changes will further damage their chances of securing permanent posts.
Unemployment May Impact India’s Economic Growth in FY24; But Bihar Creates Jobs
Declining manufacturing activity, a slowdown in the services sector, rising unemployment, and air pollution may pose a challenge to India’s projected economic growth. Also: “With Job ‘Mahakumbha’, Nitish Kumar Foregrounds Importance of Promises Kept”; and “ Employment Versus Hindu-Muslim Politics”.