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Vikas Rawal, Vaishali Bansal
Liberalising Tenancy or Grabbing Land of the Poor?
03 Nov 2019
NSSO data shows that of the total land under tenancy in 2011-12, about 36% was taken on lease by top 30% landowners.
Prabhat Patnaik
Modi Govt’s Bizarre Unconcern with Hunger and Poverty
28 Oct 2019
Even when India is 16th from the bottom in the Global Hunger Index, the NITI Aayog’s claim that policy change is in ‘right direction’, is based on questionable comparability.
PTI
Kerala Tops NITI Aayog's School Education Quality Index, UP at Bottom
30 Sep 2019
Among eight smaller states, Manipur, Tripura and Goa bagged the top-three positions, respectively.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Improvement in Water Management Index Not Enough, Says Report
25 Aug 2019
The CWMI report, released by NITI Aayog, also pointed out that the larger economic contributors across the country have low water management scores, and this can hamper India’s economic progress.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
How Growing Supply of Impure Gold is Hurting Ornament Artisans the Most
12 Aug 2019
Apart from extra workload, the karigars often have to use their own gold for removing metal impurity, without any compensation by their owners.
PTI
RBI Lowers GDP Growth Forecast to 6.9 % for FY'20
07 Aug 2019
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the central bank has lowered the GDP growth forecast owing to demand and investment slowdown, which is causing dampening effect on the growth.
Amitabha Roychowdhury
Why the Rush for Privatisation of Airports?
01 Aug 2019
The government needs to take a leaf out of global experience, where most airports are in public hands. Privatisation will only lead to AAI losing critical financial resources and assets for short-…
Newsclick Team
"Privatising Railway Production Units Is Against Nation's Interest"
31 Jul 2019
The Modi government 2.0 is speeding up the process of privatising the Indian Railways with its '100 days action plan'.
Neelambaran A
Vedanta’s Thirst and Modi’s HELP
23 Jul 2019
The allocation of blocks for extraction of all forms of hydrocarbon to private companies without any experience in the oil and gas arena came as a shock to the experts of the industry.…
Kashif Kakvi
Madhya Pradesh Congress Takes BJP Path to Woo Hindu voters
22 Jul 2019
The Congress is leaving no stone unturned to restore its pro-Hindu image -- from construction of Sita Mata Temple in Sri Lanka, cow protection, Ram Van Gaman Path to increasing remuneration of…