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Subodh Varma
India Faces Grim Jobs Crisis: 1.7 crore Jobs Lost in Past Year
17 Jan 2021
Since September 2020, as many as 90 lakh jobs have been lost but the government is acting as if everything is hunky-dory.
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Pandemic of Unemployment Spreads Along With COVID-19
18 Sep 2020
India had already fallen prey to the epidemic of unemployment before the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown.
Subodh Varma
Indian Economy Falls of the Cliff
01 Sep 2020
Economic growth plunged by nearly 23%, making India the worst performing among all major economies of the world.
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‘An Unhealthy Recovery’: Job Recovery has Left Out Salaried Jobs, Says CMIE
19 Aug 2020
‘The situation has worsened for the relatively better jobs, i.e. salaried jobs. While jobs have recovered, this recovery has left out healthier, salaried jobs. In this sense it is an unhealthy…
Newsclick Team
Lockdown Has Left Middle Class Broke?
24 Jul 2020
The latest CMIE data has revealed that from April to June this year, only 15% middle class families have seen an increase in their income as compared to last year.
Subodh Varma
Job Losses Soar as Modi Govt Continues to Grope in the Dark
10 May 2020
In April alone, over 12 crore jobs were estimated to have been lost, and unemployment is at over 27% in the beginning of May.
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Now, an Epidemic of Unemployment
17 Apr 2020
The unemployment rate has reached 24%, probably the highest in independent India's history. 31% of pre-lockdown jobs have disappeared.
Subodh Varma
COVID-19: In the Land of a Heartless Lockdown
15 Apr 2020
Extension of the lockdown without any effective plan to save the people from hunger is as heartless as it is muddled thinking.
Subodh Varma
Nearly 12 Crore Jobs Lost Since Lockdown Began
09 Apr 2020
Every Indian knows that the lockdown announced by Prime Minister Modi on March 24 has effectively shut down most of the economic life in the country.
Subodh Varma
Achhe Din? Prices on Fire, Jobs in Freezer
14 Jan 2020
Latest data on prices released by the government confirms what people have been feeling for months: prices of daily use items, such as vegetables, eggs, meat & fish, pulses etc. are on fire.