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Surajit Das, M U Farooque
‘80% Bihar Migrant Workers in Delhi-NCR Had Zero Income in April-May’
30 Jun 2020
A total of 87% workers said they had no jobs and no clue about how to earn enough to feed their families, says a survey report on the impact of the sudden lockdown announced on March 24, to prevent…
Prabhat Patnaik
The Absurdity of Hiking Oil Prices Amid Lockdown and Pandemic
26 Jun 2020
Taxing oil is the worst among all tax options when income sources have dried up. It will have the most deleterious effect on the level of output and employment.
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: Migrant Workers Back in UP Struggle to Make Ends Meet
18 Jun 2020
State’s Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi last week in a press release said that more than 25 lakhs labourers have returned to the state in Shramik Special trains and the government was…
Subodh Varma
Over 2 Crore MGNREGA Job Seekers Turned Back Since April
18 Jun 2020
Demand has surged due to lockdown caused joblessness, yet the scheme is floundering.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Migrant Workers Stuck in Quagmire
11 Jun 2020
Workers from UP, Bihar and Odisha are being contacted and are being offered bus journeys to travel back to a few cities in Punjab.
Abdul Rahman
The Politics and Economics of COVID-19 Relief Packages
30 May 2020
Most governments worldwide have announced relief packages to deal with the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, though big in numbers, these packages have very little to offer…
Newsclick Team
Middle Class Has Lost Faith in Economy
29 May 2020
A new survey by CreditVidya has found that there has been a rapid decline in the income and spending of around 53 crore people belonging to the consumer class in India.
Malvika Singh
COVID-19 Lockdown: HP Tourism Struggling for a Breather
26 May 2020
While the number of unemployed in the state is close to 11 lakh, CM’s suggestion of Destination Quarantine to boost tourism, draws sharp criticism
Richard D. Wolff
Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism
10 May 2020
Part of the wealth produced by those who are still employed must be redistributed away from them and to the unemployed.
Saurabh Sharma
‘Suspension of Labour Laws Undemocratic, Unconstitutional...Will Create More Unemployment’
09 May 2020
Trade unions based in UP say move will only benefit corporates, small businesses also sceptical.