-The Hindu India's Growth story of the last two decades has had one recurring theme: that the pattern of economic Growth is accentuating insecurities. Yet, there continues to be a deep divide over whether the gains from Growth ought to be ploughed back to achieve social security for everyone. Social security has come to be linked to job benefits, tying it to one's status as a worker in the formal or...
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The trouble with India’s tribals -Sudeep Chakravarti
-Livemint.com Prime Minister Modi has stressed on need to develop tribal regions, and NDA can save time in doing so by looking at some plans that already exist On 21 January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a session reviewing the welfare of India's tribal people. It was a good thing. They number nearly 105 million and are among the more disadvantaged people in the country even after decades of affirmative action. Modi...
More »Obama visit: civil society appeals to Modi not to succumb to US pressure on IP laws -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth US actions jeopardise India's pro-poor patent laws that promote generic drugs production, says online global petition More than 75,000 people have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to US pressure on Intellectual Property Rights (IP). With trade and intellectual property rights featuring prominently in the agenda of US president Barak Obama's India visit, civil society groups have expressed concern that talks on these issues are designed to make...
More »Higher productivity equals higher wages? Not for the Indian industrial worker -Prabhat Singh
-Livemint.com Real wages have grown at an average 1% annually between 1983 and 2013 Industrial workers on the shop floor have got a raw deal through the economic boom of the past three decades. Their real wages have grown far less than the Growth in productivity. That flies in the face of the traditional economic assumption that the two move in tandem. The share of wages in the net value added by...
More »Muslim population grows 24%, slower than previous decade -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The latest census data on the population of religious groups, set to be released shortly, shows a 24% rise in the Muslim population between 2001 and 2011, with the community's share of total population rising from 13.4% to 14.2% over the 10-year period. While the Growth rate of the Muslim population has slowed from around 29% between 1991 and 2001, it is still higher than the...
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