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Workers from banking, steel, oil, telecom, coal, postal, income tax and insurance sectors are participating in the protest.
Over 30,000 employees of government-owned companies boycotted work on Tuesday as part of the two-day nationwide strike against policies of the central government, PTI (...)
Greater solidarity among the trade unions is now visible with their continued effort in this regard, and a two days’ general strike on March 28 and 29 is on the cards
India seems to be heading toward turbulent industrial relations in 2022 with the working class planning more extensive and (...)
In the past few days, in the state of Bihar, thousands of angry students and youths took to the streets and blocked railway tracks. Even though, the violent protests, were triggered by irregularities and discrepancies in examination conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), the eruption (...)
India’s ASHA and anganwadi workers are rallying under the slogan “Community health work is work!” to demand fair pay and treatment for the essential services they provide.
Over the last year-and-a-half, one of the most visible groups of workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in India have been (...)
The tramway, a sustainable, emission-free, cheap and effective means of mass transportation, last received an investment intended to upgrade its services 41 years ago. Now it is known only for its heritage value.
This is the second of a two-part article series on Kolkata trams. Read the first (...)
It is barely 5am and Borun Haari is already out on the streets of Kolkata, pushing his waste handcart. A door-to-door garbage collector and street cleaner, for the past ten years Borun has been employed on a rolling, temporary contract by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
His thin, white mask (...)
Chennai: If Vedanta were to deliver on its promised 1,050-tonne per day (tpd) of medical oxygen from its sealed Sterlite Copper smelter complex in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu’s entire projected need of 650 tpd would be taken care of, with some to spare for Kerala and Puducherry as well.
However, (...)
India’s working class, for whose betterment Ambedkar brought a series of legislation, is struggling to access social protection in the Covid crisis.
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has forced many out of jobs and contributed to the already dim rate of unemployment in India. The (...)
Public sector banks account for more than two-thirds of the banking market in India. Currently, they are subjected to a systematic smear campaign launched by the reactionary Narendra Modi government, big media including the international press such as the Financial Times. [1] These canards are (...)
The first credit in India dates back 4000 years. The existence of loans is proved to exist during the Vedic period, which is between 2000 and 1400 BC. The existence of banks in India dates back to 500 BC.
A treatise on the art of politics of ancient India, the Arthasastra (attributed to (...)
"The pandemic and the ensuing lock-down has hit India like never before. The loss of income caused an increase in the uptake of loans, mostly from employers, neighbours, relatives and money lenders and at high interest rates. It has been a trigger for other social and economic exploitation (...)
Transparency International’s latest survey has revealed that India has the highest bribery rate in Asia.
India has the highest bribery rate in Asia according to the Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International. The report released on the eve of International (...)
Workers from the organised sectors or those employed by municipalities, too, will be participating in the strike from their job locations in Maharashtra.
Thousands are expected to gather at every district collectorate office in Maharashtra on the Constitution Day (November 26) following the (...)
On 24 March, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a live telecast to the nation, had announced a 21 day complete lockdown of the entire country, placing 1.3 billion people under curfew, in order to contain the spread of the corona virus in India. However, after 20 April, industries in India (...)
It is obvious, painfully obvious that India’s policy towards its big neighbor China has not been much of a success. Before we figure out a new policy frame work, we need to bear in mind that in the ongoing stand-off at the border, India has faulted diplomatically and militarily apart from (...)
According to IHS Markit, a London based information provider, India is going to overtake the UK, its former colonial ruler, to become the world’s fifth largest economy this year and is projected to outdo Japan to feature at the second position in the Asia-Pacific region by 2025. Modi’s (...)
The tale of a 30-year-old driver in Andheri East is emblematic of how in India, the more educated you are, the more likely you will struggle to find appropriate employment.
Mumbai: Shivaji Kamble Suryakant’s black Casio digital watch starts ringing everyday at 3 pm. It used to mark, until (...)
While the participation of women in the workforce is declining, their involvement in unpaid but essential activities remains unrecognised.
While a majority of South Asian countries (except Afghanistan and Pakistan) have reported high women labour force participation rate, in India, the labour (...)
Leaked data says unemployment is at a 45-year high. Will the damning numbers put the BJP government’s job on the line?
Archana, a native of Telangana’s Medak district, graduated in 2017 in the science stream with distinction, which the 22-year-old thought was good enough to land her a moderately (...)
Hope is ebbing for 13 people trapped in a rathole mine in Meghalaya since December 13. According to local accounts, such disasters are common in the state’s illegal rathole mines, though they go unreported and unnoticed. Folded into this tragedy is a story of administrative failure, corruption (...)
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