-The Hindu “We will not let the government implement any pact if we as major stakeholders in the Bodoland and adjoining areas are kept in the dark,” AKRSU general SECretary Jibesh Ray said. Guwahati: A 12-hour shutdown called by several organisations on Monday against the Bodo accord signed in New Delhi evoked a mixed response in Assam. It was effective in some western and north-central districts. Organisations such as the All Koch Rajbongshi...
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The Continuing Practice of Untouchability in India: Patterns and Mitigating Influences -Amit Thorat & Omkar Joshi
-Economic and Political Weekly The caste (jati)-based practice of untouchability in India, shifting the focus from the victims of this practice, the ex-untouchables (Dalits), to the perpetrators, the non-Dalits is examined by identifying and disaggregating communities that continue to practise untouchability. The SECond wave of the India Human Development Survey data has been used to generate a socio-economic profile of those who practise untouchability in India, and check the hypothesis that...
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-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 27 January, 2020 As the Indian economy continues to languish, the government ignores the advice given by several noted economists, including that of the most recent Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee, to improve the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The economy is facing blow after blow. India has the highest rates of unemployment in the past 45 years and food inflation...
More »Banking SECtor is stressed, govt in no position to bail it out: Abhijit Banerjee
-PTI * The author of 'Good Economics for Hard Times' added that the slowdown in the economy will also adversely impact poverty alleviation in the country * Abhijit Banerjee said the demand slowdown in the automobile SECtor also shows that people are lacking confidence in the economy JAIPUR: Nobel laureate and economist Abhijit Banerjee here on Sunday said the banking SECtor in the country is "stressed" and the government is in no position...
More »Government must engage in a collaborative effort with farmer groups -Ajay Vir Jakhar
-The Indian Express There is an ambiguous provision to levy income tax on “dairying”. Either the provision should be removed or it should be clarified that it does not include dairy farmers. Dairying is a part of agriculture and as per the Constitution, it is a state subject. Those in power may not yet be accepting blame for the barrage of negative news on the state of the economy, but cracks are...
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