P V Rajeev
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India: Economy and the lockdown

Migrant labour who lived in various parts of the country are in real trouble. They have lost their source of livelihood. Most of them are day-labourers and are devoid of all sources of income. They...

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The Language Controversy

The two language policy is again in the news. The argument in favour of a two language policy is that a three language policy imposes a heavy burden on the student where he has to...

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India: General Elections 2019

General Elections are round the corner. There is lot of uncertainty about the outcome of elections. Many opinion polls are predicting a BJP victory. Even the stock market is going up under the expectations of...

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Universal Basic Income For all

Congress President, Shri Rahul Gandhi has promised that his party will implement the scheme of Universal Basic Income for all if the party comes to power after the next general elections. There are skeptics who...

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Who can be an alternate to modi?

With less than one year to go for the next general elections people have started asking who will be the next Prime Minister. Is an alternate to Modi anywhere in sight? Will BJP come back...

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Politics, Election 2019, Economy: Whither India?

The India of 2019 may be drastically different from India of 2018. A general election is due in 2019 and the outcome of that election is totally uncertain. It is possible that BJP may once...

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Why kerala has high unemployment?

The rate of unemployment in Kerala is disproportionately high when compared to that of other states in India or compared to the national average. It was 7.4 per cent in Kerala compared to a national...

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Indian economy today, growth rates & GDP estimates

The Indian Economy is slowing down. Growth rates have come down drastically as the new GDP estimates show. The reason for this to happen was primarily two: – demonetization and introduction of GST. The informal...

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Two Language Policy, debate continues

The language controversy keeps erupting every now and then in India. Initially, it was considered that it was the people in Tamil Nadu who were primarily opposed to the imposition of Hindi.Today the people of...

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Whither Indian politics?

Elections for five state assemblies have just been concluded. In UP and Uttarakhand, BJP got a clear majority. In Punjab, victory went to the Congress. Two other states did not give a clear cut mandate....

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Negative income tax

A system of taxation that has been almost universally accepted today in different countries of the world is the progressive income tax. When we say progressive it implies that the rate of taxation is higher...

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Are private schools better?

An issue that is violently debated is whether the private sector should play a role in health and education. What should this role be? Can the private sector totally replace the public sector in these...