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India’s jobs market deterioration and failure of the government in decent job creation have sharply pushed up the number of jobs and enterprises in the informal sector, the technical term for which is 'Unincorporated Sector.' The Annual Survey of 'Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023-24' found an estimated 7.34 crore establishments with a growth rate of 12.84 percent having 12.06 crore workers with a rise of 10.01 percent.GVA was Rs 17,97,278 crore with a growth rate of 16.52 percent. It can be called a robust growth compared to the COVID-19 disruption years, but is an indication of failure in reaching decent job creation targets.

Election fever has begun to grip Delhi as the state prepares for its upcoming elections. Though small in size, Delhi holds significant political importance, influencing perceptions across the country. In recent years, it has drawn national attention due to the intense political rivalry between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alongside unprecedented controversies, such as the arrests of ministers, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged irregularities in the excise policy and contract awards.

Will the recent mobilisation of party workers all over the country by the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati, to protest the alleged degrading comments on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, help the revival of the BSP?

This year began on a positive note. A Bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan delivered the judgment setting aside the remission granted by the government of Gujarat to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.

The Indian National Congress has postponed the grand convention – Jai Gandhi, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan – on the second day of the Extended Congress Working Committee Meet at Belagavi in Karnataka. Instead, a condolence meeting was held to mourn the sad demise of the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. But the CWC and the party leaders were seen fiercely committed to the movement protecting the Constitution of India, an indication that signals a new wave of Congress politics in the country.

On June 21, 1991, the 70-year-old Congress veteran P V Narasimha Rao took oath as the Prime Minister of a minority government amidst massive political uncertainty over its survival. The Congress had got only 232 seats as against the usual majority of 272 in the Lok Sabha elections in 1991 out the total strength of 543. Only one month ago, on May 21, Rajiv Gandhi was killed in the course of campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. Sonia Gandhi was in mourning and Rao was also acting as the Congress president.

Hindu zealots have been busy tearing India and its cultural and social ethics apart, but now they are out to Talibanize India and its social and cultural order. What happened in Patna at the Bapu Sabhagar auditorium to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is testimony to it.

The judicial system has not been left untouched in a world increasingly defined by digital transparency. Courtroom live-streaming, once unthinkable due to its perceived threat to the sanctity of judicial proceedings, is now rapidly gaining momentum as a tool to enhance accountability and transparency.

A Joint Director of the Department of Woman and Child Development and the Special Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the National Capital Territory of Delhi placed public notices in newspapers on December 25, 2024, stating that two state government schemes of their respective departments were “fraudulent”. This is the latest example of sabotaging governance in the state by those who are expected to facilitate the government schemes, and should not have been part of politicking. They had the Centre’s protection umbrella against the elected ruling establishment of Delhi.

The National Democratic Alliance meet of Wednesday had convoluted implications. It was meant to evolve a mechanism to counter opposition narratives, primarily to work out a to protect BJP strongman Amit Shah from Congress from attacks on his insinuations targeting Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution of India. The other important agenda was to show leaders like Nitish Kumar their place. With this in view, the issue of creating a Margdarshak Mandal for the NDA on the lines of BJP also surfaced.