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Job offers shrink for IIT graduates, campus hiring falls to 66% this academic year. Here's why -Neelam Pandey

-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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Will we miss the budget opportunity? -Jayati Ghosh

-The Indian Express Post-demonetisation, a reversal of the slowdown would require enhanced public spending. It doesn’t appear to be forthcoming. Given the economic uncertainty around the world and the demonetisation-induced domestic downturn in the Indian economy, preparing this year’s Union budget was never going to be an easy task. But the Modi government seems determined to make its task harder. It has managed to generate expectations — that will almost inevitably remain...

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Farm Policy: The political economy of why reforms elude agriculture -Pravesh Sharma

-The Indian Express India should learn from China and start with liberalisation of rural land, labour and capital markets before attempting bigger things. Independence Day has come and gone with its usual mix of celebrations, pride and ruminations on how things could be better. Interestingly, several media commentaries tagged the event with the 25th anniversary of economic reforms, launched in 1991 around the same time of the year. They largely dwelt on the theme...

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The forgotten ones: Looking at agricultural labourers -Sukhpal Singh & Shruti Bhogal

-The Tribune While there are have been debates about the plight of farmers, hardly have we ever heard or read anything about the condition of agricultural labourers. They are the victims of Economic Downturn in the rural sector. THE economy of Punjab today, embroiled in various economic issues, is showing signs of crisis in the agrarian sector. We often hear and read about the woes of the farmers who are committing suicides,...

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Marathwada's drought: Some measures that could save parched region from recurring drought -Shraddha Ghatge

-FirstPost.com This Firstpost series that began with highlighting how private water sellers are doing sound business in the midst of severe Economic Downturn in the water-parched region; the toothless laws, lack of enforcement and ineffective irrigation network which has led to the exploitation and depletion of water levels in the dams; crop failures triggering farmer suicides; the region’s sugarcane addiction, and climate change manipulations affecting the agricultural produce, provides a vantage...

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