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This is the third edition of The Jobscape, our fortnightly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, Industry 4.0 holds a lot of hope for the future of jobs.
IL&FS should shut down, with only counterparties taking losses, not taxpayers. Alas, this is not going to happen.
The recent talks between Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi took place amid much bonhomie. But there was a limit to how much either side could achieve.
It's ironic that victims bear the costs of sexual harassment in India. Here are the many ways in which women pay the price.
Our investment rate is down, our savings rate is low, and it remains hard to do business in India. Tough times lie ahead.
This is the second edition of The Jobscape, our fortnightly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, there's good news from renewable energy and the gig economy -- but with a caveat: the skilling gap.
The judgement that Supreme Court proceedings must be televised is a good one. But some creases need to be ironed out.
The surprise defeat of the authoritarian Yameen is good for the Maldives -- and for Indian interests.
India Posts Payments Bank is fundamentally flawed because banking is a private good. The government needs to look for other ways to achieve financial inclusion.
Farmers in India are constantly being sacrificed at the altar of politics. Nothing illustrates this better than the saga of Bt Cotton.
There isn't anything inherently wrong in a rising or falling rupee. The state should not intervene.
India's Jobs Crisis grows deeper -- but there are signs of hope.
The Rafale deal is not going to solve the Indian Air Force’s problem of depleting numbers and has made it worse as political parties slug it out.
Instead of viewing budget private schools as illegitimate providers, policymakers must unleash the competitive market process and resulting innovations required to take Indian education into the 21stcentury.
Tariffs and other protectionist measures from the US have injected bitterness into its relationship with many countries and India is no exception to this.
The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve is a formidable example of how private national parks can be a viable economic model for land owners and local communities.
Section 377 may have been given to us by the British, but Indians have never respected human rights to begin with, and we remain a homophobic society.
The judgement repealing Section 377 was about more than just decriminalizing homosexuality. It was a call to introspection.
Our cities are dysfunctional, and urban governance needs structural changes. An empowered mayor would be a start.