-The Indian Express Government’s claim that structural changes to the economy are paying off, and that is being used to give back to the people, is problematic. The Interim Union Budget 2019 is no less than a full budget with changes in taxation and announcement of lucrative schemes for various sections of the population. The recent losses in three major assembly elections rang alarm bells for the ruling dispensation. With the...
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AAP focuses on Purvanchali migrants in Lok Sabha campaign -Furquan Ameen
-The Telegraph Ads published by AAP about development Work in unauthorised colonies, where migrant Workers live, have started appearing in newspapers New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal retweeted a video criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. The song in the video, a parody of a number from Dangal, mentioned that BJP Workers beat up Purvanchalis in Delhi and Gujarat. It also alleged that the BJP got names of Purvanchali voters deleted...
More »Delhi govt plans to set up hostels for daily wagers -Atul Mathur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Thinking beyond “rain basera”, the ordinary shelters for the homeless, Delhi government is now Working on a proposal to set up Working men’s hostels. Though at a conceptual stage, the hostels would provide dedicated beds to the Working class in a dormitory with the provision of a community kitchen and recreational activities at a monthly rent of up to Rs 1,000, said sources. The hostels would be...
More »The shape of the jobs crisis -Santosh Mehrotra
-The Hindu India has no industrial policy or employment strategy to ride the wave of its demographic dividend Job creation has slowed since 2011-12, the year of the last published National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) labour force survey. I used Labour Bureau annual survey (2015-16) data and Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd. (CMIE) data (post-2016), which has a sample size larger than the NSSO labour force surveys, to reach this...
More »Because data is a public good -PC Mohanan
-The Indian Express My resignation from National Statistical Commission was the last act in a long story of disregard for its reports William Setzer, in the Working paper, “Politics and Statistics: Independence, Dependence or Interaction”, published by the UN, lists several possible areas where political interference in official data generation and publication can happen. One of these is the extent and timing of release of data. He cites several examples. Most...
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