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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
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”.
Those familiar with the region’s geography say merely raising questions about the lapses in dam and water governance isn’t enough. What we really need to ask is why do we have so many dams along the Teesta.
A detailed FT investigation points to Adani’s use of “offshore intermediaries” to import $5 billion worth of coal at prices that were at times more than double the market price. One of these firms is owned by a Taiwanese businessman who was named by FT as a hidden shareholder in Adani firms.
India’s most populous hill state Uttarakhand is in unprecedented turmoil. It is the first State in India in which an influential and popular campaign for ethnic cleansing has gathered ominous momentum: a battle for the expulsion of all Muslims from the State.
The PLFS for 2022-23 reports the highest workforce participation rate and the lowest unemployment rate in the last six years. This has been the result of the entry of an increasing number of women into agriculture. Stagnant household incomes are pushing women into low-paid self-employment.
Without addressing structural inequities and ensuring secure employment opportunities, increasing quotas alone won’t bridge the gap.
India has a robust and admired statistical system. But the government is suppressing data to suit its narrative. It is perilous not to know the reality of the governed.
Text of Richard Falk’s Edward W Said Memorial Lecture: ‘The Enduring Legacies of Edward Said’, at The American University in Cairo on November 4, 2023.
An examination of the foundation of international law relied upon by both Russia and Israel in justifying their respective military operations. Sadly, Israel is found wanting.
“Not a Pay Hike But a Plea for Justice: Will the Garment Workers of Bangladesh Finally be Paid More?”; Also: “Mass Walkouts by Garment Workers in Bangladesh”.
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