'If there is anyone who is a victim of vendetta politics, it is me.'
For states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, where migration is high, the return of workers could be as much an opportunity as a liability. All states have launched portals to register migrant workers; additional fields like nature of employment and remuneration in the past 2-3 years are being added to help in skill mapping.
With India poised to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, it cannot afford to leave half of its workforce behind.
Stating that pushing GDP growth, which has slipped to 5-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19, is the top priority, President Ramnath Kovind said Modi govt will bring more reforms and raise farm investments to boost growth.
Politically, it will not be easy for Modi to take hard decisions such as raising fuel prices in the first budget, given the risk of higher inflation.
Kanika Datta explains why the Modi sarkar is gunning for non-profit organisations
In a video issued by the Health Ministry, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) answered commonly asked questions regarding the dosage of the vaccine saying that two doses of the vaccine will have to be taken 28 days apart and protective levels of antibodies generally would develop two weeks after the second dose.
BMS, a union affiliated to RSS, plans rally at Delhi's Ramlila Ground on Nov 17; SJM to protest on Oct 29.
The lockdown that crippled the entire logistics, delivery and supply chain network to near zero, was enough to deal a body blow to India's fastest growing unicorn whose very business model saw a severe disruption, like several other firms and sectors.
The ministry further stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19 as this will help in developing a strong immune response against the disease.
'Should you give a man fish, or teach him how to fish?' 'Lurking hidden in the new bout of welfarism seems to be an admission that the State can't deliver for the poor anything other than cash,' notes T N Ninan.
India's likely medium-term potential growth will almost certainly be markedly lower than that experienced in pre-pandemic years, warns Shankar Acharya, former chief economic advisor to the Government of India.
"Prime Minister Modi is not a leader, he is an actor. It would have been better if Amitabh Bachchan was made the prime minister," she said at an election meeting at the end of her roadshow in Mirzapur.
Lakhs of people, including men and women, students, working professionals, lawyers and doctors from the community, participated in the march, under the umbrella of 'Maratha Kranti Muk Morcha'.
Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian's interview.
'The government has failed to understand the seriousness of the situation, and that's why they are underestimating the problem.' 'They think some tinkering here and there will fix the economy automatically.'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs, to benefit 45 lakh small businesses. Detailing parts of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package, she said this loan will have a 4-year tenure and will have 12-month moratorium, she said.
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
Political economist Jayanta Roy Chowdhury analyses the 2016 West Bengal assembly election results.
Weather forecasts have notoriously large error margins.
In two and a half years, first PM-like action by Modi: Rahul Gandhi on India's surgical strikes
The income inequality gap was found to be highest in South Africa and lowest in Denmark.
Boost to dairy sector will generate jobs
Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi's live video chat session appeared to be a last-ditch effort to bridge the gap with party workers and boost their morale with an eye on the coming general election. Anita Katyal reports
'It is less polarising than Hindutva.'
The union government was taking effective steps to rid the country of corruption and nepotism, he said.
The Budget has stuck to annual increases in agri credit targets.
At a time when major economies have increased spending, India will have to do the same.
Fiscal discipline has been maintained but toxic assets worth Rs 7 crore are a massive headache
The loss in Bihar has forced a change in NDA's market positioning, says Shekhar Gupta.
The World Bank's latest review of its purchasing power parity (PPP) baseline will reignite the poverty debate.
India's neglect of villages shows up in many other ways.
Companies are sending representatives to Bihar, UP, Jharkhand and Odisha to persuade workers to join them.
The IIM-B's 'Karnataka innovation report' has become the basis for the Congress party's election narrative, particularly to distinguish it from the 'Gujarat model of development', reports Archis Mohan.
'Young Dalits are looking for better educational opportunities, more job avenues in the private sector, which need not necessarily mean job quotas, but a more welcoming corporate world that offers a liberated social environment, essentially a new India.'
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
Gandhi accused BJP of re-inaugurating projects launched by the UPA dispensation.
A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
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