Japanese companies initiated the practice of letting workers give feedback on how shopfloor activity could be improved. That led to workers engaging consciously with their work, gave workers more agency and involvement in their work, improving quality and productivity. Workers, in any case, exercise democracy in the working of their unions and associations.
What does the Household Consumption Survey 2024 say about the Indian economy?
Three Things Follow from GOI's Latest GDP Figures: One, the GDP figures signal govt is a good economic manager. Two, it encourages India Inc to invest. Three, it gives RBI more flexibility to manage rupee.
The only way to stop the killing in Gaza is for Netanyahu to be replaced as prime minister by some other leader. The sooner the United States, Israel’s principal backer and funder, realises this, and works towards this end, the better off both Palestinians and the rest of the world would be
The manner in which government has described its cooking gas subsidy as a gift to Indian women reinforces gender stereotypes of women as the sole custodians of the kitchen.
As the world continues to globalise, accommodating new geopolitical alignments, technological paradigm shifts, and climate imperatives, the role of governments in their national economies is rising, both through policy and expenditure. In India, of the total government expenditure of 30% of GDP, two-thirds is carried out by state governments (see Table 2.7 of Economic Survey 2022-23, Statistical Appendix), including some spending financed by the Centre.