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Ritwika Mitra
WB: Sex Workers Stare at Grim Future as Incomes Dwindle
20 Jan 2022
Experts point out that the current wave of the pandemic is a final nail in the coffin for the already marginalised community, pushed to the fringes in the absence of any social security measures.
Damayantee Dhar
GST on Textile Raised, Upset Surat Traders Protest
31 Dec 2021
The textile industry comprises about 70% to 80% small and medium scale businessmen whose profit margin is between 4 to 5% hence it is impossible for them to pay 12% GST
Newsclick Production
'Do or Die Situation', Say MSME Entrepreneurs
27 Dec 2021
For the first time in India, more than 10 lakh entrepreneurs of Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMEs) went on a one-day strike on December 20, 2021 against the steep increase in raw materials…
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: MSMEs Strike Against Price Hike; Rameswaram Fishermen Protest Detention by Lankan Navy
25 Dec 2021
The number of omicron variant infections in Tamil Nadu has increased to 34 with the first patient being discharged last week.
Tarique Anwar
In Absence of Govt Aid, Bareilly’s Traditional Industries on Verge of Extinction
04 Dec 2021
"We hardly have any work now. The average earning of a worker earlier was between Rs 400-500 a day, but it has now been declined to Rs 150-200 a day. First demonetisation and now GST (18% on raw…
Newsclick Report
Five Lakh Companies Shut Shop Since 2016 That Saw Triple Whammy of DeMo, GST, COVID-19
30 Nov 2021
The rapid closure of businesses needs to be seen in tandem with the high job losses witnessed in recent months. The aggregate unemployment rate has jumped into the double-digit category in May 2021…
Prabhat Patnaik
Demonetisation has Been an Utter Failure on all Fronts
13 Nov 2021
None of its stated objectives have been met and the entire exercise has turned out to be a mere act of converting old notes into new ones, at great inconvenience to the people.
Newsclick Production
Demonetisation: Disastrous Policy for Narrow Electoral Gains
09 Nov 2021
BJP managed to sweep the UP assembly elections within a few months of the event. The reason for this lies in India's inequality, which made the poor believe that demonetisation was meant to cut the…
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Squeezing Cash Didn't Remove Black Money: Arun Kumar
09 Nov 2021
The disastrous impact of demonetisation five years ago is not reflected in the government's data on the economy.
V. Sridhar
Five Years On The Disaster of Demonetisation Still Haunts Indians
08 Nov 2021
The trauma of the demonetisation adventure of 2016, which destroyed livelihoods and damaged the integrity of the Indian currency system, continues to haunt Indians five years later.