Elections are not won or lost by expounding on such macro-economic matters. For the aam admi, what matters in manifestos are promises that will improve their quality of life, notes Vinayak......
The Supreme Court on Friday posed tough questions on allotment of Rs 1,078 crores under National Urban Livelihood Mission to states and asked the Centre to apprise it as to what happened to the......
'Why do politicians ask for votes if they cannot rehabilitate us? Where do we go -- to the footpath?' IMAGE: Resident of a slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway line in New Delhi. Photograph: Atul......
'It's like the BJP is mocking people: Do what you want, we'll still win.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supporters at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi celebrate the party's victories in assembly......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore for migrant workers who returned to their home states during the coronavirus-induced......
The situation could become more acute as millions of migrants who had returned to their villages during the lockdown come back to the towns for higher wages and better livelihoods. Illustration:......
The scheme comes with an aim of constructing more than two crore houses across the nation within a span of seven years. As many as 2,508 cities in 26 states have been selected under 'Pradhan......
Essentially, the Congress has insulated India’s turn to welfarism from being chipped away by successor governments in the cleverest possible way, says Mihir S Sharma. Interim Budgets are not......
The plan could mature into either an umbrella programme for urban youths similar to the Garib Kalyan Rozgaar Abhiyaan or a modified urban-focused version of MGNREGS. Illustration: Dominic......
But the measures, particularly in agriculture, may not be enough to revive the sector and double the farm income, says S Mahendra Dev. Bharat, particularly agriculture, has been under......