The government’s political calculus seems to favour the affluent and the marginalised, while largely disregarding India's middle class and its aspirations and concerns.
A growing brigade of young Indians is trading military and govt job dreams for a steady paycheck as private guards. For many, it’s better than working for Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon.
Pew study says Covid pandemic and its economic fall out saw global middle class population reduce by 54 million, South Asia sees highest increase in poverty numbers.
The millions of poor going home are a wonderful new generation of aspirational, working-class Indians. Modi and his government didn’t account for their fate.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Everyone remembers the middle class and the tax payer, when out of power.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Well, the assumption here is that the Middle Class feels forgotten and exploited.
To the naked eye, it seems as if the Middle Class is quite happy dancing outside mosques on Ram Navami and digging under mosques to find temples.