Until the NFHS counts menopausal women, policy will not see them. And until policy sees them, the cost to their workforce participation and to the economy will remain unmeasured and unaddressed.
Carriers joining the fuel stabilisation scheme will buy ATF at predetermined rates backed by a Rs 10,000-crore fund approved by Union Cabinet, says civil aviation ministry.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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