Samsung India Workers Form First Union After 7-Month Struggle in Tamil Nadu
After 38 days of protest and 212 days of legal battle, the Tamil Nadu Labour Department registered the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)-backed Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU) on January 27, marking a victory for the labour movement. The union, Samsung India Thozhilalargal Sangam, registered under the Trade Unions
What are India’s GDP Numbers Telling us About its Growth?
Reports from the ground suggest that slackening demand drives the slowdown. In picture, a worker checking the joints used for cement filtration at a manufacturing facility in Kolkata, in 2012. | Photo Credit: RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS While the robustness of the official estimates of the GDP and its growth in
Stringent Economic Policies and Growing Militancy have Left People in J&K Feeling Frustrated with the Centre
In September 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Jammu city, five years after the party he leads at the centre hacked away Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status and ended its statehood. “The Jammu region in particular faced decades of injustice at the hands of the
Hindenburg Research Shuts Down: All You Need to Know
Amid widespread speculation and debate, US-based Hindenburg Research, known for its controversial short-selling practices, has decided to cease operations. The closure has raised questions about the firm’s practices, its impact on markets, and the possible reasons behind this sudden move. Hindenburg Research made international waves with allegations against billionaire Gautam
INTERVIEW | ‘Gujarat Model Undesirable, Should Be Replaced by Delhi Model’: Jasmine Shah, AAP leader
On December 15, 2024, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah’s book, The Delhi Model: A Bold New Road Map To Building a Developed India, was released ahead of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election scheduled for early 2025. It is an insider’s account of the making of the “Delhi model”
How AAP’s Trickle-up Economics Offers an Alternative Path of Development | Book Excerpt from ‘The Delhi Model’ by Jasmine Shah
Aam Aadmi Party National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, flanked by Delhi Chief Minister Atishi (right) and party leader Manish Sisodia (left) during the book launch of Jasmine Shah’s The Delhi Model, in New Delhi on December 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Ahead of the final leg of the 2024
SUM AND SUBSTANCE | India’s Middle Class is the Biggest Loser of 2024
In a year of “yes, no, maybe” both the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry now agree that the country has a growth problem. If they had been listening to what consumer goods companies have been saying for a while, they may have reached that conclusion sooner. India’s festive season
Frontline Wrapped: Top Ten Defining Economics Narratives of 2024
As the year comes to a close, Frontline has curated a list of our ten best economics stories of the year. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement India saw a flurry of economic activity in 2024, with major events unfolding throughout the year. From the Election Commission of India’s publication
Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED
In 2019, the descendants of an erstwhile zamindar family entered into an “agreement of sale” for 91 acres of land to Azure Power Forty Pvt Ltd in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam’s Nagaon district to build a solar power plant. The land deal directly affected the livelihoods of at
The Adani-Modi Nexus Faces Its Greatest Test
To contend that the indictment of Gautam Adani, his nephew, and their associates, in the United States has dealt a blow to the ambitions of one of India’s, and the world’s, richest men, would be an understatement. The prominent tycoon, whose proximity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the stuff