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1/ <Thread on KLEMS and jobs> Lately, India has heard much on how the "RBI data on employment" show a rise in job creation after Covid-19. Many economists had tried to say why it is wrong to argue so. We now have a clearer explanation on the problems with the KLEMS data on jobs.

🚨📢 #DataUpdate | We have added unemployment data from PLFS' quarterly bulletins to @CEDAshoka's EcoMeter. You can plot/download this data (along with a host of other macroeconomic indicators here): ceda.ashoka.edu.in/ecometer/

If you're interested in writing for The Economist, the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation internship I started with is accepting apps till Sep 30 This is one of the best ways to get a job at the paper--pls let me know if you have any questions! economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Convinced that the small cap stock you have bought is headed towards becoming a large cap? What about all the stories of having identified the next 50/ the next 100 stocks that are set for the big league? Here's the data! Even after a massive small and mid caps bull run, more

The POSH Act includes requirements for the disclosure of data on complaints received by employers in their annual reports. But [how] are we using this data to strengthen the design and impact of this act? Some thoughts in this piece for the ICPP: icpp.ashoka.edu.in/strengthening-…

This is brilliant. Takes the Supreme Court argument about creamy layer in Scheduled Castes to the cleaners, with the help of solid economic data.

Excellent use of unit-level data of the latest consumption expenditure survey (and well-argued by Ishan Anand) — how to read the top court judgement on sub-quotas, through numbers. In today's Mint Plain Facts; subscribe for the full piece: livemint.com/economy/suprem…

#MintPlainFacts | India has seen pivotal moments in addressing crimes against women—from the 2012 Delhi gangrape to the recent Kolkata rape-murder. Despite strong legislation like the PoSH Act and public outcry, the struggle continues across sectors. Effective enforcement and a

The impact of this piece is quite a dream (and gold standard) for data communicators. Not too many nerdy analyses make their place in public discourse like this. 72% of all women working in Indian industry were employed in just four southern states. ceda.ashoka.edu.in/how-many-women…

India's working age population is about to overtake China's. But the size of India's labor force will remain behind China's for the foreseeable future, largely because of low participation of women in paid work. See interesting piece by Ashwini_Deshpande and Akshi here

In the wake of #RGKARmedical medics are demanding for safer workplaces. Women are vulnerable to both internal and external predators. My long story for Mint today read.ht/ScN1

Very distressing -- and urgent -- report on the lack of safety in India's hospitals, by Shriya Mohan in the Mint today, who speaks to several doctors to find that Indian medicine’s #MeToo moment is long overdue: livemint.com/news/india/kol…

A summer of discontent for India's soybean farmers - ceda.ashoka.edu.in/a-summer-of-di…