'Destitution and starvation will go...'

'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.' IMAGE: A scene from Rajasthan. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan passed a......

The Politics Of Freebies

Why did Karnataka's economic prosperity fail to influence the nature of electoral promises made by political parties in the run-up to the assembly elections? asks A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE:......

Court humare kabze mein...: Shah on CBI, ED 'misuse'

'If India got the leadership of G20 under PM Modi and if the summit is organized successfully and with aplomb, then PM Modi should get the credit' 'We have not changed the name of even a single......

Revealed! BJP's Plan To Win 2024 Election

The BJP is focusing on 160 seats 'we have never won, seats where we have reasonable support, and those we lost narrowly.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supporters at a rally addressed by Home......

Why migrant labourers have little choice but to head home

Around 81 per cent of the workers constitute the unorganised sector - devoid of any social security cover and outside the purview of a complex set of labour laws. Sitting on a bicycle in New......

'Farmers will give response to Mamata govt'

'A sum of Rs 6,000 a year is very significant for a small farmer whose land holding is very small and whose produce is very small. All these calculations on a daily basis are extremely unfortunate......

Has Modi Sarkar delivered on Budget 2014?

Fifty-six months on, the government's record in implementing these schemes and projects has been mixed, report Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana. Photograph: PTI Photo In its first Budget......

Where is Radha Mohan Singh?

'The BJP leadership and its agriculture minister must make up their mind on what kind of corrective measures will be needed for Indian agriculture at this point in time.' 'The sooner Mr Singh......