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Articles by M Vijayabaskar
India’s demographic distress: Training workers is valuable only if the economy generates sufficient demand for their labour
By M Vijayabaskar The recent youth protests that spread out from Jantar Mantar to other parts of India are more than an expression of frustration over unemployment or underemployment. The promise that rapid growth would naturally generate secure employment is less certain for India’s educated youth than ever before. India’s employment challenge is not new.
Mapping Tamil Migrants
Tamil Migrants: A Demographic, Social and Economic Analysisby S Irudaya Rajan, Bernard D’Sami, Samuel Asir Raj, and P Sivakumar, Orient BlackSwan, 2021; pp 336, `1,465. Migration of labour is seen as a fundamental prerequisite foreconomic development as it is often envisaged as a movement of labour from traditional economic sectors to non-traditional and more productive sectors.
Household Indebtedness across Major Social Groups
The differences in the patterns of indebtedness across social groups in India are examined based on the All India Debt and Investment Survey. The relatively adverse terms of access to credit among lower-caste households leading to high debt vulnerability are underscored. Among the various interventions aimed at promoting egalitarian development, efforts at promoting financial inclusion rank high.
Tamil Nadu Economy : Improving Tax Efforts Is a Must for Continuity and Change
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has come to power after a gap of 10 years, promising to make Tamil Nadu the most developed in the country. Though the state is known for combining economic growth with human development better than most states (Kalaiyarasan and Vijayabaskar 2021), the DMK’s electoral campaign dwelt at length on several failures of the decade-long All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government in sustaining development and in protecting its autonomy.
A Crucible of Tamil Nadu’s Sociopolitical Ethos : 2021 Assembly Elections
A Crucible of Tamil Nadu’s Sociopolitical Ethos Based on shifts in Tamil Nadu’s economy and polity, the prospects for emergence of political alternatives to the two dominant Dravidian parties are examined in the context of the upcoming assembly elections. Despite the emergence of cracks in the constituency forged by Dravidian mobilisation, the core elements of Dravidian ethos continue to hold electoral appeal.
Sustainable Development through Diversifying Pathways in India
After more than seven decades of postcolonial development, millions of people in India are enjoying comforts and conveniences of modern life. Average incomes have increased significantly. Many consume a wider diversity of goods. Urban and even rural lifestyles in parts of the country are dynamically infused with technological innovations, ranging from 4G (fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology) smartphones to 4-wheel drives.
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