One year of demonetisation and GST

In this issue

24-11-201737 STORIES

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Economic perspectives

Engineering a new crisis

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Capitalism’s slow end

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Yarn manufacturers

Jobless in Panipat

The city’s shoddy yarn industry, said to be the largest in Asia, is still in the dumps as yarn manufacturers struggle to survive after demonetisation

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Assembly elections: Gujarat

Shifting dynamics

The absence of Narendra Modi from the State’s politics has breathed some life into the Congress in Gujarat.

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Paradigm shift

Xi Jinping unveils a ground-breaking road map at the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China.

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A spanner in the works

Hit hard by demonetisation and GST, micro, small and medium enterprises in Vadodara and Surat, the industrial hubs of Gujarat, are striving to make a

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Construction workers

Migrants’ misery

More than 50 per cent of the construction workers of Farakka continue to remain jobless.

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Wah Taj!

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Agriculture sector

Bitter harvest

Farmers, hit hard by demonetisation, are still to recover from the catastrophic collapse in agricultural product prices, but they are determined to fi

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Excerpts from Com. P.V. Raju Memorial Lecture

Demonetisation, corruption and black money

An analysis of the unfolding dangers of opportunistic politics in the era of post-truth.

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Vegetable farmers

Withered hopes

Vegetable farmers in western Uttar Pradesh bear the brunt of the ripple effects of demonetisation and the spluttering start to the GST regime.

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Construction activity

Real estate woes

As if demonetisation was not enough to break the back of the real estate sector, RERA and GST followed. Experts say it will take a minimum of two year

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Interview: Thomas Franco, AIBOC

A fatigued system

Interview with Thomas Franco, general secretary, AIBOC.

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Textile trade in Varanasi

Changing mood

The informal mechanism of textile trade in Varanasi often means that traders pay GST on goods they have sold on credit.

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Knitwear industry

Torn to shreds

Tirupur’s knitwear industry is yet to bounce back fully.

The meat of the matter

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Silence of the looms

The power loom sector in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, bleeds from demonetisation and GST.

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Prioritising the poor

Jean Dreze's collection of essays is a critical evaluation of the development agenda and performance of the States, corporate power and technocracy an

FL24YVCHANDRACHUD

Right to privacy

Not an honourable track record

Even while acknowledging the theoretical value of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the right to privacy case, one needs to realise that the euphoria it

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Border disputes

The book provides vital clues to understanding the situation in the Gulf region.

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Leather industry

Reverse growth

Demonetisation and GST have pushed back Kanpur, the second largest city in Uttar Pradesh and a leather industry centre, by ten years.

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Bungling along

A year after demonetisation, agriculture lies in a shambles and small businesses have been ruined. Now, with the introduction of the ill-designed GST

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Diary from Trumpland

An opioid epidemic

Addiction to opioids, prescription painkillers, has resulted in a medical emergency in the United States. Opioid overdose claims 175 Americans each da

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Epiphany (Kraurya)

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United States-Cuba

Gunning for a deal

After targeting Obamacare and the nuclear deal with Iran, President Donald Trump sets his sights on derailing the historic deal the Obama administrati

FL24SASIAWARD

Trendsetting titan

I.V. Sasi (1948-2017), a giant among Malayalam film-makers, explored and dramatised the internal tensions and external conflicts of society in the pos

FL24ABE

A vote for militancy

Shinzo Abe’s LDP coalition wins a two-thirds majority in the Lower House of the Diet, giving him the essential numbers to carry out his plans to revis

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Assembly elections: Himachal Pradesh

Close contest

The ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh faces a formidable challenge from the BJP.

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Baolis to the rescue

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Bluster as policy

A look into the various supplementary claims the government trotted out when demonetisation was proving to be a blunder and how unprepared the Prime M

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Lost to usury

The suicide by a family of four in the Tirunelveli Collectorate complex brings to the fore the problem of usury, which is widespread in Tamil Nadu, an

FL24GUJARAT

Political impact

Straws in the wind

Criticism of Narendra Modi’s economic initiatives is gaining strength with even BJP supporters voicing their discontent, providing an opportunity for

FL24LEKHTANDON

Star in the shadows

Lekh Tandon (1929-2017) helmed several memorable Hindi films but remained an unsung hero all his life.

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The Australian outback

Land of the Aborigines

Letters to the Editor

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Dogra raj in Kashmir

The RSS’ game in Jammu and Kashmir is to separate Jammu from Kashmir and establish a Hindu-majority State, a move that would call into question India’

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