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No wonder that the Modi government has been doing everything possible — fudging, cover-up, window-dressing and what not — to come clean on the job front.

Risks of pakoda economics: Modi govt buries its head in sand, but unemployment may decide Lok Sabha poll result

Survey after survey is revealing that lack of employment will be one of the most pressing challenges facing the Modi government.

In Uttarakhand's hills, BJP's nationalism strikes a chord; voters downplay local issues, say problems can be solved later

Though locals in Uttarakhand's hilly areas — Kumaon and Garhwal — are upset with the BJP over unemployment, migration and lack of basic facilities, nationalism seems to be striking a chord with people openly voicing their support for Narendra Modi

Uttar Pradesh's forest farmers await official recognition, govt benefits even after 72 years of Independence

The government's failure to recognise forest farmers from four villages in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district — Bhawanipur, Bichiya, Tediya, Dhakiya — has forced them to live without dignity for decades

Stray cattle menace: MP farmers lose sleep over threat to crops from bovines; govt looks for answers in gaushalas

The slaughter of cattle, whether male calves or cows past their utility, is banned in Madhya Pradesh. But traders would take them to West Bengal where their slaughter is allowed, or smuggle them to Bangladesh

Stray cattle menace Part 2: Uttar Pradesh farmers driven to despair by harassment from cow vigilantes, extortion from police

Uttar Pradesh is the cow belt and the streets of Kanpur provide ample evidence of it.

Drought in Rajasthan: From unemployment to school dropouts, Barmer sees exodus for works as crops fail

Barmer is reeling under what is claimed to be the severest drought of the decade as rains have evaded the district for the fifth consecutive year.

Govt committed to maintain credibility of statistical organisations; NSSO employment data to be released by month-end: Official

The senior government official's comments come against the backdrop of as many as 108 economists and social scientists alleged "political interference" in statistical data

Economists' warning signal: To regain India's data credibility, govt should withdraw faulty GDP back series, release NSSO job numbers

The Mundle series showed that the GDP growth had actually touched the double-digit mark, India has been desperately hoping for, in 2006-07.

Economists, social scientists concerned over political interference in statistical data estimation

Expressing concerns over "political interference" in influencing statistical data in India, as many as 108 economists and social scientists Thursday called for restoration of "institutional independence" and integrity to the statistical organisations