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One year of demonetisation and GST
In this issue
24-11-2017
37 STORIES
Economic perspectives
Engineering a new crisis
Jayati Ghosh
Capitalism’s slow end
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
Assembly elections: Gujarat
Shifting dynamics
The absence of Narendra Modi from the State’s politics has breathed some life into the Congress in Gujarat.
China
Paradigm shift
Xi Jinping unveils a ground-breaking road map at the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Textile sector
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
Construction workers
Migrants’ misery
More than 50 per cent of the construction workers of Farakka continue to remain jobless.
Sashi Kumar
Wah Taj!
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
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.
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.
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
Interview: Thomas Franco, AIBOC
A fatigued system
Interview with Thomas Franco, general secretary, AIBOC.
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.
Knitwear industry
Torn to shreds
Tirupur’s knitwear industry is yet to bounce back fully.
Meat traders
The meat of the matter
Power looms
Silence of the looms
The power loom sector in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, bleeds from demonetisation and GST.
Books
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
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
Books
Border disputes
The book provides vital clues to understanding the situation in the Gulf region.
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.
Cover Story
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
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
Translation
Epiphany (Kraurya)
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
I.V. Sasi
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
Japan
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
Assembly elections: Himachal Pradesh
Close contest
The ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh faces a formidable challenge from the BJP.
Heritage
Baolis to the rescue
Perspective
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
Tamil Nadu
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
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
Lekh Tandon
Star in the shadows
Lekh Tandon (1929-2017) helmed several memorable Hindi films but remained an unsung hero all his life.
The Australian outback
Land of the Aborigines
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Kashmir
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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