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Subodh Varma
UP Polls: State Finances – A Portrait of Mismanagement
23 Jan 2022
While the state’s debt has zoomed, the UP government was not even spending the funds it had.
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Has Countdown for BJP’s Exit from UP Govt Begun?
16 Jan 2022
The ruling BJP alliance, with 326 seats out of 403, can lose the upcoming election – with an entirely possible 4-5% swing of votes away towards the SP alliance.
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‘Society Should Protect Itself’ – Govt Washes Its Hands Off Omicron Fight
15 Jan 2022
“It is the society’s responsibility to slow it [omicron variant] down.
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UP Elections: Double Engine Has Left Urban Youth Stranded
09 Jan 2022
In Uttar Pradesh, urban youth of 15-29 years age are facing lethal unemployment, with rates above 20% for the past three years, according to government reports.
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More Families Pushed to Surviving Without Jobs
02 Jan 2022
Latest CMIE data shows that share of families with two members working has fallen drastically. This means people are surviving on much less income.
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2021 -- A Year of Resistance, and Victories
31 Dec 2021
Through the year, industrial workers, employees, farmers, self-employed workers, men-women, young-old – all sections of working people as also unemployed – fought back the relentless attack on their…
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UP’s Double Engine: Going up or Down?
26 Dec 2021
Some key economic indicators of Uttar Pradesh belie the claim that the Modi+Yogi ‘double engine’ governance model is good for the people.
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As Assembly Elections Approach, PM Modi Goes on Rs.1 lakh Crore Spending Spree in UP
23 Dec 2021
Out of this, about Rs. 70,000 crore are for expressways and airports.
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Fuel Drives Wholesale Prices Up, Low Demand Keeps Retail Prices Down
19 Dec 2021
A bizarre divergence between these two types of prices shows the shambolic state of economy – and distress of the people.
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What About Jobs in Cities, Mr. Modi?
12 Dec 2021
With 7-8% joblessness for the past few years, urban job seekers are helpless and hopeless.