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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.
Newsclick Team
It's Time for a Massive Welfare Package
13 Nov 2020
While the stimulus package seems fine on paper, its implementation during the COVID-19 crisis is next to impossible.
Subodh Varma
Which World Is FM Sitharaman Living In?
13 Nov 2020
On Thursday (November 12), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held one of her much hyped press conferences to announce a new set of measures to boost the economy.
Rohan Deshpande
GST Imbroglio and the Angst of States Battling Financial Crunch and COVID-19
21 Oct 2020
It was deemed that the projected growth rate of states’ revenue, had it not been subsumed by GST, would be 14% per annum, with the revenue collections for Financial Year (FY) 2015-16 considered as…
Newsclick Team
Who is Finance Minister Fooling with Package to 'Boost Demand'?
20 Oct 2020
As the economy appears to be nosediving, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a package on October 12 to boost demand.
Subodh Varma
Do You Know How Much Veggies are Costing, Mr. Modi?
15 Oct 2020
In just the past month, inflation (annual price rise) has zoomed up, delivering a body blow to family budgets.
Newsclick Team
Farmers Under Threat, 288 Deaths in Sewers and More
22 Sep 2020
In today's Daily Round-up, we present an interview with former Secretary of Agriculture Siraj Hussain, where he says that, "The government should have tried to reach a consensus on the agriculture…
PTI
Uproar, Adjournments Mark Introduction of Tax Bill in Lok Sabha
18 Sep 2020
Opposition questions government on states’ GST dues, PMCARES fund for COVID-19.
PTI
Parliament: Rs 1.51 Lakh Crore GST Compensation Due to States
14 Sep 2020
Provisional GST compensation due was highest for Maharashtra at Rs 22,485 crore, followed by Karnataka (Rs 13,763 crore) and UP (Rs 11,742 crore.
Avay Shukla
Acts of God and Follies of Man
14 Sep 2020
Since the ruling party’s practically all vaunted achievements and promises are nothing but fiction, what better than a celestial scapegoat to whom no Question Hour applies, a legal fiction which…