By Dr. Gyan Pathak Karnataka loss in May this year despite the twin strategy of BJP – high decibel election campaign focussing on polarisation of Hindu votes and harping on PM Modi’s charisma – that shocked the top brass of the party, has now finding itself into a deep dilemma over effectiveness of its present […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav’s claim of a massive job creation, 1.25 crore in the last nine years under PM Narendra Modi since 2014, is in fact pittance. About 2 crore people join the workforce every year in India, and in the last nine years 18 crore have […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav’s claim of a massive job creation, 1.25 crore in the last nine years under PM Narendra Modi since 2014, is in fact pittance. About 2 crore people join the workforce every year in India, and in the last nine years 18 crore have […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly become vindictive against the opposition, and to such an extent that it amounts to punishing even the poor people who happen to vote the BJP out of power. Karnataka is a latest example where ruling BJP suffered a humiliating defeat, and […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite big promises to women in BJP’s 2019 manifesto, including to formulate a comprehensive ‘Women in the Workforce’ road map focused on dramatically increasing female workforce participation rate over the next five years, the women’s share in Central Government jobs have been declining with the general decline in total job opportunities. […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is no secret now that jobs in India under PM Narendra Modi are being made to vanish fast from Central Public Sector Enterprises, and the secure quality jobs are replaced at faster pace with insecure jobs without social security coverage. The Central Public Enterprises Surveys of the Department of Public […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Emergence of cracks in ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana, just 10 months ahead of Lok Sabha elections and 16 months ahead of Vidhan Sabha election in 2024, foretells an omen for PM Narendra Modi, the BJP that he leads, and his RSS Pracharak friend CM Manorhar Lal Khattar. The crack in […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak With issuance of notification by the Central Law Commission of India on June 14, 2023 soliciting views from the public and recognized religious organisations on Uniform Civil Code, the divisive politics of BJP-RSS clan has risen its head again, as usual, ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Since the issue has […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the first eight years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India witnessed more than double the number of bank frauds. The first half of the ninth year, number of frauds rose even more sharply compared to the corresponding months of the eighth year. Now in the tenth year, when Lok Sabha […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak A decade of dominance of majoritarian Hindutva politics in India with critically fragmented secular democratic politics has lately been emanating signs of change. The majority of political parties in opposition having differing regional and national aspirations and contradictions have finally agreed to participate in Opposition Meet on June 23 called by […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Political wind is blowing in favour of Congress in Rajasthan, despite rebellious Sachin Pilot. Central Congress Leadership has been successful so far in bringing a truce between Sachin and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Though the truce seems to be temporary and an uneasy one, Gehlot is heading to shatter the BJP […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Advancing social justice only can bring the workforce out from the prevailing grim scenario across the word, since the labour market insecurity is widespread. It is clearly emerging from the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2023, which is undergoing in Geneva from June 5 and will be ending on […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The new update on prevalence of diabetes in India, already referred to as the Diabetes Capital of the World for several years now, has revealed the alarming conditions heading towards a diabetes explosion in the country. About 11.4 per cent of the population is already diabetic while 15.3 per cent are […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s real political worth is now on test. The wave of Hindu communal polarization has been ebbing almost after a decade in India, which was unmistakenly felt, first during the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election, and then in Karnataka. In absence of any Hindu communal wave to ride […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The past six months did not go well for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh politics. On January 22, the State BJP president has set the target to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 general election, but now only after six months, the State Unit of the party has identified […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India is currently the third largest polluter in the world in terms of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission as estimated in 2020 after China and the United States, its pollution is less than half of the US and one-fourth of the China. Moreover, if taken historically, India’s contribution in pollution between […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only few years ago, the Union Minister of Railways had claimed in the Parliament of India that they made railway journey safe, though the trains were running late in the country. The claim had come in reply to a question as to why trains were being run late. The Minister had […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The global jobs gap in 2023 would be 453 million, which amounts to 11.7 per cent, more than double the level of current gap. It would be much higher among women at 14.5 per cent than men at 9.8 per cent. This level of global unemployment is certainly be below the […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak To stifle the opposing voices, PM Narendra Modi led government has planned to bring a more stringent law of sedition before the General Election 2024, in which he and his party BJP would be seeking election for his third term, if the report of the Central Law Commission submitted in the […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s growth rate for 2022-23 exceeded expectations. It has now been estimated upward to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent as per second advance estimate released in February. The magic was the result of a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter growth when GDP rose to 6.1 per cent, in addition to upwardly […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has broken its legs in Karnataka assembly polls when it fell into the pitfalls of majority politics. The party, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left no stone unturned to polarize Hindu majority votes in their favour, but miserably failed. BJP’s loss, if translated into Lok Sabha seats, would be […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Penny wise pound foolish, is a well-known adage, applied to someone trying to save a penny while remaining ignorant of greater loss in that event. The Congress dithering over supporting AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal and his government in Delhi against the Delhi ordinance brought by the Union Government led by […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rajasthan politics is turning more complex with infighting within both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. Infighting in the Congress came into limelight more sharply than the BJP, because Congress leader Sachin Pilot had given ultimatum to launch statewide agitation against CM Ashok Gehlot if his demands were not met […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Forced labour in India is the highest in the world. About 11 million are presently under forced labour in the country, according to the Global Slavery Index 2023, released by Walk Free Foundation. The Global Slavery Index is a national breakdown of the extent of modern slavery in 160 countries. It […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Opposition politics in India is changing fast, especially after the remarkable performance of the Congress in Karnataka assembly polls. The party was able to throw BJP out of power in the state due to a paradigm shift in the minority, OBC, ST, and SC votes towards the party, which has served […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is at a cross-road. The country needs to ensure the administration to be more sensitive and humane for which women’s spectacular success in UPSC is a good signal. The UPSC results show women at the top 4 ranks, while they grabbed 6 in top 10, and 14 in top 25 […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Visit of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to the Pacific Island Nations drew international attention since several countries of the world, including China, had great strategic interests in the region. Indian move for consolidation and expansion of ties with the countries in the region sharing Indian roots and history […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has swept mayoral election in Uttar Pradesh by winning all 17 seats, which has heightened the morale and aspirations of Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath and the party’s rank and file who are now aiming at winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from the state in 2024 general elections. […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is being denounced by trade unions across the G20 economies for government’s decision to block participation of independent trade unions in G20 meeting, including L20 meeting on labour and G20 Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG), which is resulting in worker’s voices going unrepresented. While the government-backed BMS will hold sham […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always been shifting the goalposts before, during, and after elections. He has been aggressively inventing, creating and using his narratives to his own political benefit while keeping Hindutva as a constant factor to benefit from the entire RSS family’s activities in the country. His strategy has […]
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