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Harsh Mander
Locking Down the Poor: The Pandemic and India’s Moral Centre
17 Jan 2021
Home to the largest number of undernourished people on the planet, India imposed the world’s harshest lockdown for the pandemic.
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.
Peoples Dispatch
Ford’s Departure From Brazil Could Leave Thousands Jobless
14 Jan 2021
Ford has announced that it will stop all activities in Brazil, two factories with 3700 workers will close immediately, a third will remain in operation until the 4th quarter of 2021.
Subodh Varma
2020 – How the Modi Govt Led India into Record Joblessness
31 Dec 2020
Unemployment has inched up to over 9% as the year ends and the so-called economic recovery is a mirage.
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
There’s Nothing to Celebrate About Q2 GDP Estimates
05 Dec 2020
The statistics are dubious because there is a substantial increase in GDP under the head “discrepancies”, which is synonymous with errors and omissions.
PTI
India’s Manufacturing PMI Slips to 3-Month Low in November
01 Dec 2020
The rate of job shedding was solid and little-changed from October.
Prabhat Patnaik
A Strike Against the Discourse of Unreason
28 Nov 2020
The November 26 strike is significant, not only because it protests against the Modi government’s brazen and unprecedent
Prakash Karat
Protecting Employment and Creating Jobs Matters the Most
09 Nov 2020
Examining the data on the largescale unemployment in the country, Prakash Karat argues for a people’s led movement to demand resolution of the crisis.
Sumedha Pal
Informal Sector Workers Continue to Struggle with Low Wages, High Debts: ActionAid Report
08 Nov 2020
Almost 24% of the respondents reported having earned no wages in the unlock phases and close to 50% said that their monthly wages were less than Rs 5,000.