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Business News/Topic/    Election Pitch

ELECTION PITCH: DECODING POLLS THROUGH DATA

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With the political heat intensifying, several announcements that can be considered both welfare and freebies are already being made, and more are expected. (Photo: Twitter) Premium

In charts: Story of polls, freebies and politics

4 min read . 09 Oct 2023
More Indians are surely employed, but the share of jobs of the poorest quality has risen sharply, suggesting that all is not well in the labour market. (Image: Pixabay) Premium

Why low unemployment rate hides the full picture

4 min read . 08 Nov 2023
Farmers at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during 'Delhi Chalo' protest, Sunday. The revival of protests underscores unmet promises, with farmers now demanding a legal guarantee for MSPs for crops. (Photo: PTI) Premium

A decade of flip-flops on farmers’ issues despite full-majority government

4 min read . 20 Feb 2024
Views about the government's pandemic response remain polarised. While the vaccination of over a billion people was creditable, the loss of lives exposed administrative deficiencies. Photo: PTI Premium

Inadequate government funding keeps healthcare, education in crisis mode

5 min read . 06 Mar 2024
The 2016 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was supposed to be a game-changer but didn't live up to expectations. Photo: Mint Premium

Modi govt’s mixed record on corporate reforms

4 min read . 19 Mar 2024
J-K Assembly polls: In 2014, PDP won 11 of the 24 seats voting in phase 1 today; NC, Congress bagged 4 seats each Premium

J-K Assembly polls: In 2014, PDP won 11 of the 24 seats voting in phase 1 today

1 min read . 19 Sep 2024
‘Too important to let…’: Omar Abdullah opens up about ‘compromises’ for Congress alliance in J&K (HT_PRINT) Premium

Omar Abdullah opens up about ‘compromises’ for Congress alliance in J&K

3 min read . 06 Sep 2024
French far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella attends a session at the European Parliament. At just 28 years old, Bardella led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant the party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on 7 July and make him the prime minister of France. (AP) Premium
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The making of the 28-year-old star of France’s far right

12 min read . 03 Jul 2024
Women individually or jointly own nearly 72% of the houses built under the scheme, against the national rate of 43% reported by the 2019-21 National Family Health Survey. Premium

Housing for all: Centre delivers on pace, but quality is the caveat

4 min read . 27 May 2024
The construction of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has also varied across states, with north-east states and other hilly areas seeing little progress. (File Photo: AFP) Premium

Rural roads scheme achieves aim but is riddled with speed-breakers

4 min read . 26 May 2024
To assess how functional these taps were, the government commissioned a survey covering nearly 300,000 households in 13,303 villages in 2022. Photo: Mint Premium

Much of rural India now has taps, but running water largely remains a pipe dream

4 min read . 22 May 2024
Since its launch in 2006, the MGNREGS has come to be a proxy for rural distress. (Photo: Mint) Premium

The dichotomies that define India’s rural jobs promise

4 min read . 21 May 2024
Demonetisation has been seen as one of the government’s biggest policy blunders. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint Premium

In 10 charts: Where the Modi government's biggest bets of each year stand today

8 min read . 28 Apr 2024
Food inflation has remained high, a key concern for the government which wants to keep food prices in check amid election season. (Image: Pixabay) Premium

Price rise is a pet peeve for voters. Can it shape poll results, too?

4 min read . 24 Apr 2024
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