Gyan Pathak

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Contestants arrayed in the electoral battlefield of Rajasthan is almost clear. The Congress and the BJP are engaged in a bitter, closer, no holds barred contest than expected earlier. Hitherto sidelined BJP leader and former CM Vasundhara Raje has come back to the centrestage, while challenges go on multiplying for  the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Mizoram and Chhattisgarh may vote for peace and development. Elections to all the 40 Vidhan Sabha seats in Mizoram and 20 out of 90 in Chhattisgarh are scheduled to be held on November 7. During the entire election campaigns for this phase of election, violence dominated the minds of electorates – […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak ILO has moved one step closer to social justice and decent work by adopting a proposal to establish a Global Coalition for Social Justice in the ongoing 349th Session (30 October – 9 November, 2023) of its Governing Body at Geneva, Switzerland. It is just a beginning, and the Coalition will […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Concerns expressed during the final three days hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Electoral Bond Scheme case were too serious to be resolved immediately, and hence the Bench hearing the case decided not to announce the verdict instantly at the conclusion of hearing on November 2, but reserved […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election campaigns in India are no longer free and fair. There is no level playing field for  the opposition parties   s    against   the    ruling   BJP. Dominant share of funds is collected by the BJP under electoral bond scheme chiefly on account of its being privileged ruling political party. Opposition just can’t […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deceleration in India’s manufacturing sector growth was the worst in the last eight months since February this year, reflecting fading of output, demand, and employment generation in the country. It is particularly ominous, since it’s a festive season and the first month of the busy second-half of the India economy when […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak ED summon to AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on November 2 signals his possible arrest. It has triggered a serious political concern, since ED’s actions in the recent times have been by and large targeted against leaders of opposition political parties who happen to […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Home Affairs and the second most influential leader in the BJP, Amit Shah, only next to PM Narendra Modi, has perhaps rightly perceived the general voters’ annoyance in Madhya Pradesh against the ruling double engine government, both in the state and the Centre. The issue of their misgovernance […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre’s big claims on employment generation under PM Narendra Modi regime since 2014 is once again exposed. The recently released government’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2022-23 has revealed that both the employment and unemployment situation in the country remains a matter of serious concern. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has finally broken his silence over seat-sharing in the five poll bound states going to polls in November, but only to express party’s confident mood. “We will see this. Let the 5-state election take place first,” Kharge has said implying that there will be no seat-sharing arrangement […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak “All farm loans will be waived, as we have done in the past, immediately after the Congress returns to power,” promised CM Bhupesh Baghel in Chhattisgarh in a repeat of 2018 election promise. It was among the four key promises made by the Congress on which the party has pinned its […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak On a sacred religious occasion of Dussehra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, played a vicious game of communal politics, when he expressed his diagnosis on social disharmony alleging ‘casteism’ and ‘regionalism’ as the causes, but not even mentioning the hate speeches based on religious bias and communalism. He was grossly wrong on […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Discontent among the BJP leaders denied party tickets to contest Vidhan Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh and their supporters in the party’s rank and file is slowly acquiring dangerous dimension, a situation which is potentially frustrating for the BJP’s state and Central leaderships, particularly the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The decision of increasing minimum wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi followed by strong criticism by Workers Unions have brought the issue of unprecedented suffering of unorganized workers again in focus. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government has decided to increase the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress is resurgent in Madhya Pradesh, but it is the only state among the five going to poll in November, is ruled by the BJP, where it has better political prospects than in any other state. Logically, the opposition INDIA alliance should have gone for putting joint candidates against the BJP’s […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak One of the biggest challenges for PM Narendra Modi and the BJP in their way to returning to power after the Lok Sabha election 2024 is infighting in the state BJP units, a fact that is well known by now. No wonder former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das is being […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Electorates in the five poll bound states are not yet impressed by the political leaders who are making reference to the Israel-Hamas war during their campaigns to exploit their communal sentiments. Dominant issues for them presently relates chiefly to their respective states and performance of their local leaders in the past […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has been witnessing a systematic weakening of Trade Unionism by the ruling establishment through adoption of labour policies that push the workers more and more into unorganized sector. The unprecedented sufferings that the COVID-19 crisis brought for the working class has made them accepting low-quality jobs that pay too low […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rajasthan polls, that has been rescheduled for November 25 from November 23 by the Election Commission of India on account of very large number of weddings in the state, has offered the twin challenges of “infighting and anti-incumbency” for both the Congress and the BJP. The way the BJP’s ticket aspirants […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political pulse felt by the majority of analysts in the five poll bound states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – suggests that “Modi Factor” has failed to emerge as decisive aspect so far. Rather, the roles of BJP’s state leaders have become crucial for final outcome of […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Chhattisgarh has turned into the most politically and administratively sensitive state among the five going to poll in November 2023, as it is reflected in the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct polls in two phases – first on November 7 and second on November 17. Left Wing […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak With announcement of Vidhan Sabha Elections in five states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – by the Election Commission of India today, the pre-election campaigns end with the Model Code of Conduct for the political parties and their leaders coming into operation. Political narrative emerged so far underwent […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian labour market is undergoing a structural change with the fast-changing world of work and the multiple crises therein. On the one hand a very large number of workforce is not able to get jobs, and on the other, employers have been reporting severe labour shortage in both the skilled and […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India moves closer to the Lok Sabha election 2024, the number of raids on, arrests of, and seizures from the leaders of political parties in opposition has increased. Central agencies such as CBI, ED, NIA, and the Department of Income Tax have become super active along with others, such as […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bihar Caste Census Report released on October 2 has exposed the weaknesses of the BJP’s so called social engineering which the party needs to reset urgently before the Lok Sabha election 2024. Caste Dynamics from now onward may change BJP’s political prospects in Bihar, and is likely to escalate in other […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The release of Bihar Caste Census Report has two immediate consequences: First, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has further raised his pitch for conduction of caste census at national level; and secondly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition of “trying to divide the country in the name of caste”. Both were […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Ensuring decent work, dignity, and respect for all” remains the chief challenge in the labour market with decent work and workers’ rights as core issues, as it is reflected in the deliberations in the Ninth BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet (September 26-29, 2023) and the joint declaration made at the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh have turned into a decisive political battlefield. The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is posturing and positioning himself now, signify it, as well as his very high stakes, as if it would be do or die battle for him, since he will be seeking third term […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is a fact, which even Prime Minister Narendra Modi can’t deny, that majority of Indians, especially women aged 15-49 years (57 per cent) and children aged 6 months – 5 years(67 per cent),and also men aged15-49 years (25 per cent), don’t even have enough blood in their bodies, which in […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress is in dominant position in the three election bound states of the Hindi belt – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Hence, the party may decide not to initiate seat sharing talks with Samajwadi Party (SP), which has only marginal presence in Madhya Pradesh, while very little presence in Rajasthan, and […]

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