-ThePrint.in Study by Azim Premji University finds that graduates currently make up over one-third of India’s unemployed population. New Delhi: Graduates and postgraduates are the least likely to find jobs in the country as compared to those without any degrees, according to a study released by the Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment. The study, which states that unemployment among young and highly educated Indians is the highest in 20 years, has...
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Where's the money coming from? -Arun Kumar (Book review)
-The Indian Express Exploring the role of the black economy in political finance and how it subverts democracy. Book: Costs of Democracy: Political Finance in India Editors: Devesh Kapur & Milan Vaishnav Publisher: Oxford University Press Page: 311 Price: Rs 750 Money in politics is an issue of great concern for the Indian polity. Most believe it undermines democracy in India so that what formally looks like a great democracy turns out to be just...
More »The failure of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan: we need a better way to manage trash -Mohan Guruswamy
-National Herald Four years after the Prime Minister announced the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan with much fanfare, it is apparent that we cannot clean up the rotting trash that has become so common on our streets Four years after the Prime Minister announced the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan with much fanfare, it is apparent that we cannot clean up the rotting trash that has become so common on our streets all over the country?...
More »India sees worst outflow of FIIs/FPIs in 18 years -Furquan Moharkan
-Deccan Herald For the first time in 18 years, the country has witnessed a record withdrawal of foreign investors from the Indian equity and debt markets. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have pulled out a record Rs 51,591 crore from the Indian markets in less than NINe months of this year amid concerns over a slide in rupee value against the dollar. Earlier in 2008, the FIIs had...
More »Eastern UP's forest dwellers are finally on the revenue map -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Vantangiyas, who derive their name from a Burmese tradition of hill cultivation, have lived in tin shacks without toilets for decades Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): There is no proper road to Jungle Tinkonia-3. As its name suggests, one must pass a woodland of sal and teak trees to reach it. The situation gets even more precarious during monsoons and medical emergencies, as the village does not have any health centre. Its infrastructure is...
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