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Subodh Varma
May Day 2021 – Working Class Fights for Defence Against Deadly Pandemic
01 May 2021
On this May Day, the working class of India is reeling under the brutal onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic which has so far taken over lives in India since last year.
Sajai Jose
When the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ Comes Knocking
23 Apr 2021
Why is the Indian government promoting job-destroying ‘smart’ automation when the country is reeling from the worst unemployment crisis in recent history?
Subodh Varma
Mr. Modi, Any Plan for the Economy?
15 Apr 2021
With the new wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country, a swathe of states have imposed various kinds of restrictions, from nigh
Newsclick Report
#Modi_Job_Do: Youth Demand Jobs as Millions of Posts Flood Twitter in India
25 Feb 2021
Look past the memes and the jibes being taken at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter this afternoon and the picture that emerges is of a desperate young country clamouring for jobs at a time when…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Survey Says About One-Fifth of Informal Sector Workers Still Out of Work after Lockdown
29 Jan 2021
Nine in 10 households reported cutting back on food consumption during the lockdown because of a lack of income. Six months later, only one-third of the households reported that consumption was back…
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.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: No Earning Post-Lockdown, Teacher Ends Life Allegedly Due to Bank Pressure
09 Jan 2021
The chemistry teacher in Bhagalpur was depressed after being publicly humiliated for not repaying a loan, alleged his relatives.
PTI
Informal Sector Workers Face Double Blow – Pandemic and Social Exclusion
26 Dec 2020
“We are still being treated as untouchable,” rue jobless domestic helps, rickshaw pullers among others, who are sliding back to poverty.
Prabhat Patnaik
Why Recovery at Cost of Worker Immiserisation Won’t Last Long
21 Nov 2020
GDP recovery from the lockdown-induced abyss is accompanied by significant labour displacement and squeeze on wages, which will impact aggregate demand.
Subodh Varma
Sacked -- 50 lakh Industrial Workers, 62 Lakh Professional Employees
20 Sep 2020
In addition, some 1.1 crore daily wage earners too lost their jobs compared with last year.