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For the past few months, a single thread has featured in politics across states: what sort of pension scheme should apply to government employees? scroll.in/article/103786…
In several states, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have promised a sop to babus in the form of increased pensions. This involves a return to the so-called Old Pension Scheme, as it existed before 2004. scroll.in/article/103786…
So far, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Punjab have passed orders to restore the old regime. The matter is a key issue in the upcoming #GujaratElections and the just concluded #HimachalPradeshElections.

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🧵#TheIndiaFix: On Oct 9, the New Indian Express reported a significant piece of news:

Amit Shah-led committee had recommended that the medium of instruction in higher educational institutions, including Central universities, should mandatorily be Hindi. scroll.in/article/103622… Image
Just as drastically, the Committee of Parliament on Official Language recommended that government entrance exams – which are now conducted in both Hindi and English – should drop English. scroll.in/article/103622…

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Like in the 1960s, today’s Hindi push from Delhi has angered the Southern states.

The chief minister of Tamil Nadu bluntly described the committee’s recommendation as the start of a “language war”.
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#TheIndiaFix | The BJP is barely present in any South Indian state. Except Karnataka. What explains this?

@ShoaibDaniyal on the Hindutva surge in Karnataka

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#TheIndiaFix | For months now, the southern state of Karnataka has been on the boil as Hindutva groups launch campaign after campaign against the state’s minorities.

January saw mobilisation against the wearing of the hijab in some colleges. scroll.in/a/1021000
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#AssemblyElections2022 | India's employment rate is so bad, it is even lower than Pakistan's. Yet paradoxically elections are being fought on identity, not jobs.scroll.in/article/101627…

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This week on #TheIndiaFix - A newsletter on Indian politics by @ShoaibDaniyal

Job riots in UP, Bihar bring home the urgency of India’s unemployment crisis scroll.in/article/101627… Image
#TheIndiaFix | Violence over identity and religion is something Indians are (unfortunately) used to. But on Tuesday, the country saw something rarer: riots over jobs.

This week, @ShoaibDaniyal writes on the unemployment crisis in India scroll.in/article/101627… Image
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