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SP will not get 100% benefit of defection from BJP, even BJP is not in loss

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  The politicisation of backward and dalit castes is a unique phenomenon of our democratic system. This shows that the basis of democracy is widening, deepening, and, above all, a political elite is emerging even in these relatively disadvantaged societies due to their proximity to power. The latest political developments in Uttar Pradesh have given us an opportunity to assess this process afresh. Leaders belonging to non-Yadav backward castes (Rajbhar, Maurya, Kushwaha, Saini, Shakya, Bind, Nonia-Chauhan, Lodhi, Mallah, Gadaria, etc.) who left the electoral arena of social justice politics in the 2017 elections and joined the BJP have left the party just before the elections. The prevalent way of reading this incident is how it will benefit the BJP and the SP in terms of votes. But, looking beyond this understanding, this development can be heard saying something else. The defection has caused uneasiness in the BJP, and its strategists are busy fixing their nails. It's definitely ...
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Need to worry over economic inequality in the country; One third of the country's wealth in the hands of 1% of the people

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  Concerns have been expressed over economic inequality for many years. In the month of December came the 'World Inquivalency Report' by a team of French economists, Picetti and Chansal, which revealed that the economic inequality in India is several times higher than that of other countries. According to his report, in the 1980s, india's top 1% used to have 6% of the country's total income in their hands. Today it has increased to 22%. If instead of income, we talk about total wealth, then the situation is even worse. The top 1% have one-third of the country's total wealth in their hands. There are other such signs. A survey conducted in two lakh households in 2020-21 found that incomes in the bottom 50% of households, rising since 1995, fell by more than 50% in 2020-21, compared to 2015-16. This figure is also worth commenting on, because in this period itself the income of the most able 20% grew by 39%. This means that the maximum benefit of economic growth in GD...
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