NSSO data: Unemployment highest in 45 years post-noteban

With only weeks to go before the Lok Sabha election, the much-awaited employment data for the post-demonetization period – July 2017 to June 2018, which had been withheld by the Modi government, has become public giving a bleak job scenario prevailing in India today. Read More
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NSC head quits over govt’s refusal to release post-noteban job data

The report would have revealed the job losses in the country following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes, in November 2016. Read More
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Centre seeks SC nod for returning excess land around Ayodhya site

The Union government asked the Supreme Court to permit return of excess land around disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid plot to its original owners. The Centre has urged that the government should consider releasing around 67-odd acres of land to its original owners. Read More
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Despite reports, Centre says no starvation death in India

The ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution said the central government is unaware of starvation deaths taking place in India despite several reports of such deaths occurring in the country. Read More
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Government considering help from NRIs to assist to arrest rupee fall

The government and the Reserve Bank is planning to ask non-resident Indians to raise money to support the falling rupee and strengthen the economy, according to media reports quoting a government official. Read More
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Farmers march to Delhi with demands, police use force to stop them at border

The protesting farmers who has been walking from the past 10 days from various states of the country to Delhi were stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, on Tuesday, by policemen with water cannon and teargas. Read More
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Modi govt responsible for India’s ‘economic collapse’, Chandrababu says

Blaming the “faulty” policies of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu said the price of petrol would soon touch Rs 100 a litre and the US dollar will also cost the same against the Indian rupee. Read More
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