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Subodh Varma
Agri Workers’ Wages Grew Just 3% Per Year Under Modi Rule
15 Jan 2019
After adjusting for price rise, ‘real’ wages of India’s largest, most poor class, have barely grown in the past four years. Neither Modi, nor BJP have even a thought to offer these 15 crore workers.
Subodh Varma
The Sword of Mounting Unemployment Hangs Over Modi
14 Jan 2019
CMIE estimates show that the number of jobless in India rose to 6.9 crore by December 2018-end, while work participation rate fell to just 42.5%.
Subodh Varma
10% Quota: An Electoral Ruse That Will Yield Nothing
08 Jan 2019
Eligibility is set so high that the poor wont benefit, while existing quotas in government jobs for SC/ST and OBC continue unfilled.
Subodh Varma
#WorkersStrikeBack: Why Are Workers Striking for Better Wages?
06 Jan 2019
In most of the country, private employers are paying starvation wages, below even the notified minimum wages, which are themselves much below the recommended norms.
Subodh Varma
#WorkersStrikeBack: Under Modi, 25% Decline in Public Sector Workers
02 Jan 2019
Casual and contract workers’ proportion to regular workers has gone up to a record 53%.
Subodh Varma
#WorkersStrikeBack: All Set For Historic 8-9 January Strike in Industries, Rural Areas
01 Jan 2019
This will be the third country-wide strike since Modi came to power and promises to be the biggest, with rural workers also joining in.
Subodh Varma
What’s Going On, Mr. Watchman!
31 Dec 2018
RBI’s latest report says over Rs. 1 lakh crore worth of bank fraud happened since Modi took over as Prime Minister in 2014-15.
Subodh Varma
2018: Dalit Anger, Farmers’ Struggles and the Election Debacle of BJP
30 Dec 2018
The year just gone by was marked by a tide of farmers’ and workers’ protests, mounting Dalit anger, and an increasing alienation of Modi-led BJP from people, as shown in assembly elections. It could…
Subodh Varma
2018 – Year of Raging Joblessness
28 Dec 2018
The tragedy of unemployment continues, complemented by a government that has no solution except for to fiddle with data.
Subodh Varma
Fasal Bima Yojana: Farmers’ Distress is Source of Profit for Companies
27 Dec 2018
The Modi government paid Rs.34,859 crore and farmers paid Rs.7,255 crore to insurance companies in three crop seasons.