-PTI/ The Hindu Consumption drag likely,says UBS unit Households have lost a whopping ₹13 lakh crore of their incomes from the pandemic-induced job losses, according to a report that also warns of the economy losing momentum by mid-2021 on a likely slowdown in consumption demand that has propped the economy in recent months. ‘Could slow by mid-2021’ Describing the growth momentum seen in the second and third quarters of FY21 as a positive surprise,...
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India’s migrant workers need better policies -Ravi Srivastava
-The Indian Express NITI Aayog’s draft report is well-intentioned. But its failure to address the policy distortions at the root of migrant workers’ issues cannot be overlooked The lockdown-induced suffering of millions of migrants raised awareness regarding their magnitude, vulnerability, and role in the economy. It also LED to a flurry of measures by the central and state governments. It is now encouraging that the Niti Aayog, on the request of the...
More »Kerala, TN spar in SC over Mullaperiyar dam safety
-The Hindu Recently, Tamil Nadu had fiLED an affidavit assuring that the dam was safe hydrologically and protected from earthquakes. The Supreme Court on Tuesday scheduLED a hearing on March 9 of the case concerning the safety of the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam. A Bench LED by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar adjourned the hearing on a request made by the Centre. Recently, Tamil Nadu had fiLED an affidavit assuring that the dam was safe hydrologically and...
More »How Can India’s Judiciary be More Economically Responsible? -Pradeep S Mehta
-TheWire.in There is no reason for courts to not take expert assistance in complex matters and it should resort to this route more often. In India, and indeed many countries around the world, development work is seen at a crossroads with protecting the world’s natural environment. Agriculture is the oldest and biggest intrusion into nature, which has historically upset our ecological equilibrium. Besides this, forests have to be cut down; rivers have to...
More »The importance of caste census and its political implications -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times There have been growing demands for a caste census with the general census in 2022 since Justice G Rohini-LED commission submitted a draft proposal recommending a sub-categorisation of the reservation for the OBC There have been growing demands for a caste census with the general census in 2022 since Justice G Rohini-LED commission submitted a draft proposal recommending a sub-categorisation of the reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The...
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