Labour Economy Development

NOTES BY JAYAN JOSE THOMAS

Category: Labour and employment

  • Oil, Power, and Politics of Disruption

  • Should State Governments Borrow More?

    The financial relation between the Union and various State governments has been a matter of vigorous debate. In a recent development, the Government of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court for a resolution of the following question: how much can the State government borrow from the market to bridge the excess of its expenditures over receipts? The…

  • Propelling India’s development the right way

    Giving India’s masses the social and the human capabilities required for upward mobility will be the equivalent of a lunar takeoff in economic progress Hindu, September 22, 2023 12:16 am | Updated 09:04 am IST JAYAN JOSE THOMAS https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/propelling-indias-development-the-right-way/article67331513.ece Aim for the moon’ is a byword for any venture marked by extreme ambition bordering on…

  • The fiscal challenge to Kerala’s development 

    Hindu, 1 January 2024 The original link: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-fiscal-challenge-to-keralas-development/article67692900.ece Through a detailed blueprint for Kerala’s future economy, the State government should allay the fears about its financing plans JAYAN JOSE THOMAS Kerala’s development possibilities are being crippled by a fiscal crisis. While the critics allege extravagance in government operations, the State government blames the Centre for…

  • # Malayalam media and women

    Jayan Jose Thomas, 9 March 2023 The systematic way in which women have been targeted in the print media in Kerala is disturbing. The print media is not alone in this. Every inch of material that appears in the print can give rise to many hours of ‘prime-time’ gossip in the visual media as also…

  • Indian manufacturing: Can it grow on cheap labour alone?

    Originally published as: ‘Misses in Manufacturing’, Hindu Frontline, March 13, 2020 Economic Survey 2019-20 is optimistic that India will be able to create 40 million well-paid jobs in manufacturing by 2025. For achieving this, the Survey recommends an “Assemble in India” strategy, with a focus on labour-intensive industries and export markets. It argues that India…

  • Labour Market Changes in India: Missing the Demographic Window of Opportunity?

    India faces a stiff challenge in creating decent jobs for its growing young population, particularly so with the declining labour absorption in agriculture. Between 2005 and 2012, construction had been the major source of employment in India, benefitting, mainly, men in rural areas. However, employment creation in rural areas dropped sharply after 2012, with the…