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Economic Growth Rate, Farmers and Labourers The NITI Ayog has recommended a reduction in food subsidies According to financial data released by the National Statistical Office on February 26 there has been a slight improvement in the GDP, which grew by 0.4% in the previous quarter, marking the end of the contraction underway since April last. In the April-June quarter of 2020 the GDP was reported to have shrunk by 23.9% compared to the corresponding quarter of 2019. This shrinkage has now been revised downward to –24.4%. In the July-September quarter the GDP shrank to 7.5% less than the co...

Females lag in recovering lost job post pandemic SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 08, 2021, 05:08 PM IST Share Synopsis Moreover the impact The impact on female employment was relatively more severe in the urban region. The female labour participation rate-FLPR- in urban areas moderated by 25% over the February-December 2020 period, while rural FLPR moderated by 6%, the report said. Agencies As economic activity slowed during the pandemic, the LPR saw a sharp decline in April 20, although it recovered faster for rural women-now marginally above pre-COVID-19 levels. Even as the economy opened up pos...

Farm Laws: Fate of Farmers in Bihar Points To What Those Across India Might Soon Face High volatility in crop prices, coupled with the absence of APMCs, means that farmers usually have to sell their produce well below the MSP. Rajiv Kumar Ojha. Photo: Parth M.N./People's Archive of Rural India Rights26/Feb/2021 Muzaffarpur: Rajiv Kumar Ojha does not know which is more stressful: harvesting a decent crop or trying to sell it. “You might find it funny, but my troubles begin after I get a good harvest at the end of the cropping season,” he said, sitting in the verandah of his dilapidat...

Political violence increases when regional party candidate wins election: Study Researchers from Netherlands and Canada looked at data from 1989 until 2012 to find no increase in violence in constituencies where the assembly seat is reserved for ST populations. Text Size: A+ Many Indian states have ethnic populations that are minority nationally but majority locally. This is by design – the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 re-drew state borders to contain local ethnolinguistic majorities. Moreover, in the decades since independence, significant decision-making authority has been devolv...

Interview: 'Concentration of Power in Just a Few Hands Has Always Met with Resistance' Christophe Jaffrelot, professor of political science at Sciences Po, speaks to The Wire's Sidharth Bhatia about the rise of Hindu nationalism and populism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah flash the victory sign in New Delhi on May 23, 2019. Credit: PTI/Atul Yadav Rights24/Feb/2021 Christophe Jaffrelot, a professor of political science at Sciences Po in France, has been keenly studying India, and especially the rise of Hindu nationalism, for over 30 years. Jaffrelot, who has also tau...