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  • How the government is masking the true scale of job losses in India’s informal sector

    How the government is masking the true scale of job losses in India’s informal sector

    Abhik Deb
    · Jul 19, 2024 · 06:30 am
  • Five years on, India’s sex workers are yet to recover from demonetisation’s devastation

    Five years on, India’s sex workers are yet to recover from demonetisation’s devastation

    Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad
    · Nov 27, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • In Haryana, demonetisation ended acche din for the plywood industry and its workers

    In Haryana, demonetisation ended acche din for the plywood industry and its workers

    Manoj Thakur, Indiaspend.com
    · May 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • ‘Government isn’t able to provide even small jobs’: Unemployment, anger in Jaipur’s informal sector

    ‘Government isn’t able to provide even small jobs’: Unemployment, anger in Jaipur’s informal sector

    Madhav Sharma, IndiaSpend.com
    · Mar 12, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • ‘Is there any work available?’ Indore’s jobs market  continues to reel under impact of note ban, GST

    ‘Is there any work available?’ Indore’s jobs market continues to reel under impact of note ban, GST

    Manish Chandra Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
    · Mar 05, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Budget 2019: New pension scheme a ‘repackaged version’ of Atal Pension Yojana

    Budget 2019: New pension scheme a ‘repackaged version’ of Atal Pension Yojana

    Vijayta Lalwani
    · Feb 01, 2019 · 08:16 pm
  • India’s informal workers are key to developing real ‘smart cities’, says a new paper

    India’s informal workers are key to developing real ‘smart cities’, says a new paper

    Maria Thomas, qz.com
    · Jun 15, 2018 · 08:30 pm
  • Demonetisation anniversary: In India’s cash-driven economy, note ban cure was worse than the disease

    Demonetisation anniversary: In India’s cash-driven economy, note ban cure was worse than the disease

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Nov 08, 2017 · 12:30 pm
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    What growth? The GDP numbers don't account for the first-hand accounts of pain and suffering

    Harsh Mander
    · Mar 09, 2017 · 07:30 am