Data | Indian manufacturing sector on its way up post COVID-19: Annual Survey of Industries 2021-22
Employment fell marginally in 2020-21 due to the pandemic but gained momentum in 2021-22 with 7 per cent year-on-year growth in the manufacturing sector, according to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI). “In fact, the estimated number of persons engaged in this (manufacturing) sector in 2021-22 has exceeded the pre-pandemic level (that is 2018-19) by more
Is India’s fiscal federalism breaking apart?
Indian federalism is on the verge of a breakdown. Ministers from opposition-ruled States have taken to the streets in New Delhi to protest against discrimination by the Centre. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who leads the use of a divisive majoritarian agenda for political gains, has attacked the protesters saying
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu discusses the 2024-25 budget and the road ahead for the State
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister says unlike the BJP or any other party, the DMK is not interested in hatred politics. Tamil Nadu’s Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu sat down with Frontline for his first interview to a media outlet on the Tamil Nadu Budget for 2024-25, and how the ideology of
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu explains the difference between Ram Rajya and Dravida Rajya
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu explains the difference between Ram Rajya and Dravida Rajya Source link
DEVELOPMENT | Report by Bahutva Karnataka reveals alarming trends in employment and income inequality in India
National Students Union of India members during a protest march against unemployment on September 17, 2020. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR A recent report released by Karnataka-based Bahutva Karnataka, a non-profit coalition of progressive groups, has brought to light concerning trends in the employment landscape and income inequality in
The electoral bonds scheme goes to the heart of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term goal, which is ideological dictatorship
Let us start with four apparently disparate examples. Example 1: Ajay Mishra Teni, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, is the BJP member of the Lok Sabha from the Kheri constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In October 2021, his son, Ashish Mishra Monu, allegedly drove into a crowd of protesting
INTERVIEW | ADR founder Jagdeep S. Chhokar on electoral bonds: ‘There is a lot still unaccounted for’
Jagdeep Chhokar. | Photo Credit: By special arrangement The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) was the lead petitioner in the challenge to the electoral bonds scheme (EBS). It went to court in 2017 when the scheme was first introduced. Jagdeep Chhokar, one of the three founder-members of ADR, is a