-Hindustan Times The slide in recruitment from what are considered premier technical institutes reflects the possible impact of the economic downturn in India as also globally One of every three IITians graduating this year either didn’t find a suitable job or wasn’t found suitable for a job through campus placement, official data show, pointing to shrinking employment opportunities for India’s large pool of engineering talent. Only 66% of those who made themselves available...
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Rich-poor divide in India widening as economy grows: Report -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times A new report examining 25 years of India’s economic liberalisation says exclusion of a large section of Dalits and Muslims have not gained adequately from the growth unlike more influential empowered sections of the society As India’s economy grew rapidly, the inequality between the richest and the poorest rose, the number of landless farmers increased and employment generation was lowest in 2015, says a new report examining 25 years...
More »Demonetisation did not impede future black money flows: UN report
-IANS As per the report, the disruption caused by demonetisation had ‘greater and longer-lasting’ impacts for lower-income individuals, households and businesses. The Indian government’s demonetisation measures did not impede future black money flows in new denominations, a UN report said on Monday. According to UN Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017, complementary measures to demonetisation would be required to target all forms of undeclared wealth and assets. “Broader structural reforms...
More »Sexual violence against women in riots and other mass crimes is being 'normalised' -Syeda Hameed and Salina Wilson
-Hindustan Times We live in a social regime where women are seen as an embodiment of men’s izzat (honour). Attacking ‘their women’ then becomes the undoing of the whole community. Bilkis Bano. The name and the face have been haunting me since the judgment was announced on her case by the Bombay High Court on May 4. In March 2002, our group of six women arrived in Ahmedabad to document what had...
More »6 months of demonetisation: Cash back to being king, shortage at ATMs continues -Suchetana Ray and Mahua Venkatesh
-Hindustan Times Prominent Indian banks have claimed there is no cash crunch, but fact remains that ATMs run dry during long weekends. The crisis began in November when the Union government pulled 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes from circulation as a part of its crackdown on black money. New Delhi: It has been six months since demonetisation, but, “Is there cash in the ATM?” continues to be the most popular question...
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