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India’s former chief statistician says that the data on which India’s GDP is calculated is “a major concern”, and if not corrected soon, India’s GDP growth figures could become “unreliable”. He says that the Q1 GDP growth figure of 7.8% is an overestimation, and that 6.5% is more accurate.
The horrific accident in Balasore and the stampeded at Surat station are examples of misplaced priorities in the railways under the Modi government. The railways have promoted high-speed trains at the cost of ignoring important issues like safety, punctuality, availability of seats and revenue generation.
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.
Unorganized sector of which agriculture is an important part employs 94% of the work force but contributes 45% to the GDP. Thus, incomes here are very low compared to the organized sector where 6% of the workers work and produce 55% of the output.
“We have failed you.”
A new report by non-profit Jagori paints a grim picture of the way Indians treat their 50 million domestic workers. The report highlights the health impact of their hazardous workplaces, i.e. the Indian home. Many other countries in the region do far more than India does for domestic workers.
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.
“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”.
The coups in sub-Saharan Africa have opened a new era for the African peoples rising against French imperialism. It is not going to stop and will impact all of Africa and the wider world.
GST has been in operation since July 1, 2017. It was billed as the second freedom since it was supposed to unify the `fragmented’ Indian market. In the six years that have elapsed, has it fulfilled the promises that its proponents had vociferously claimed for it.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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