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Santosh Mehrotra
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Poverty-decline claims need rigorous scrutiny

In the face of these facts, the rhetoric of sharp poverty reduction, let alone of its disappearance, can only stand on presumptions, not facts.

The assertion of extreme poverty elimination obscures the lived experiences of millions who continue to grapple with poverty daily.(Shutterstock)
Published on Apr 01, 2024 08:09 AM IST

Caste census lessons for new government in Bihar

Reservations alone can’t alleviate economic deprivation. They must be complemented by the increased availability of jobs and strong inclusive growth.

Patna, Bihar, India - Aug . 02, 2023: Enumerator staff collect information from residents for a caste-based census in Bihar after Patna High Court rejected a petition against the survey, at Phulwari Sharif in Patna , Bihar,India, Wednesday, July, 02, 2023. (Photo by Santosh Kumar / Hindustan Times)
Published on Feb 20, 2024 10:04 PM IST

How Bihar has fared under Nitish Kumar

How has Bihar fared under Nitish Kumar on growth, human development and governance indices?

Nitish Kumar on Sunday formed a government in alliance with the BJP. (PTI file photo)
Published on Jan 30, 2024 10:11 PM IST

India has an unemployment crisis. And it predates Covid-19

In 2017-18, NSO reported that unemployment reached a 45-year high, and youth unemployment tripled between 2011-12 and 2017-18 to over 18%. Thereafter, poor management resulted in economic growth slowing up to March 2020 — compounded by the pandemic and its economic aftermath

Candidates apply for job at a job fair organised by the directorate of employment, Delhi government at Tyagraj Sports Complex in New Delhi on January 21, 2019. (HT archive)
Updated on Aug 18, 2021 05:21 PM IST
BySantosh Mehrotra

How to revive job growth in the country

First, the government must increase public investment in social services. Second, it should introduce a multi-pronged industrial policy to reverse the poor manufacturing performance since 1991

Between 2004-05 and 2011-12, about five million workers per annum left agriculture for non-farm sector jobs. Among these five million, about four (75%) were youth (15 to 29 years). This was a good news because it tightened the rural labour market, which resulted in real wages rising (it had been stagnant between 1996 and 2004 because of a rising number of workers in agriculture)(REUTERS)
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 05:02 PM IST
BySantosh Mehrotra and J Parida

To create jobs, an industrial policy focused on labour-intensive industries is key

These sectors deserve consistent support over time to compete internationally since India is lagging behind

Manufacturing contributed in 2017 only about 16% to India’s GDP, stagnating since economic reforms began in 1991(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on May 27, 2019 07:37 PM IST
BySantosh Mehrotra

This time we should get health right

The drafting of the National Health Policy (NHP) 2015 is an extremely welcome development. The government’s decision to announce Health as a Right is a huge advance.

Updated on Feb 16, 2015 02:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | BySantosh Mehrotra

A one-size-fits-all design can’t work for a planning body

Come 2015, the Planning Commission will be replaced by a new panel. But before setting up a new body the Centre must be get rid of the flaws in the existing one and also be clear on what it wants from the new panel, writes Santosh Mehrotra.

Updated on Dec 22, 2014 10:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | BySantosh Mehrotra
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