-The Hindu The trends in employment have not shown any clear and consistent patterns over the years The two important indicators of structural transformation in any economy are rates of growth and changes in the structural composition of output and the workforce. India has experienced fairly consistent changes in the first indicator, especially after the 1991 reforms, but the trend in employment has not revealed any consistent or clear pattern. The growth rate...

-The Hindu The Government needs to stop India’s avalanching slide into a grossly divided society, made worse by the pandemic On January 17, 2022, Oxfam International presented its annual global “Inequality Report”. Titled Inequality Kills, the report calculated and presented the quantum growth in wealth of a minuscule few, and the simultaneous impoverishment of millions of working people. During the novel coronavirus pandemic, the report reveals, more than half the world’s new...

-The Telegraph Both the victims were admitted to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada A case has been registered against Union minister Bishweswar Tudu for allegedly beating up two Odisha government officials, of whom one suffered a fracture. The incident took place at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Friday afternoon and the FIR was lodged late  evening. Both the officials were admitted to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and...

-Down to Earth The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021 Global unemployment is projected to stand at 207 million in 2022. This is 21 million more than in 2019 before the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began, according to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022. Global working hours in 2022 will be almost two per cent below their pre-pandemic level — that...

-Hindustan Times The BJP, on the other hand, has always claimed that Mandal-based parties such as the SP have only helped their own causes (for instance, the Yadavs in both Bihar and UP) in the name of social emancipation after capturing power. The Uttar Pradesh elections seem to be resurrecting the past memories of Mandal versus Kamandal contest only at the level of polemics. After chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...