Ecostani | What’s on the mind of Indian voters as we go in for general elections in a week?
8 months, 1 week ago

Ecostani | What’s on the mind of Indian voters as we go in for general elections in a week?

Hindustan Times  

The CSDS-Lokniti pre-poll survey shows that unemployment, price rise, development and corruption were the four biggest issues in voters’ minds. The construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India’s international standing and Hindutva — the core poll plank of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party — also find resonance among the voters. The survey, conducted through questionnaire-based in-person interviews, happened before the Congress announced its poll manifesto which promised to fill all vacant posts in the Central government, tamping down on the price rise and a Right to Apprenticeship Act that would ensure a year-long apprenticeship with a private or a public sector company to all diploma holders or college graduates below 25 years, as well as an annual stipend of 1 lakh to all apprentices. The survey said the BJP’s pitch that Narendra Modi has strengthened India’s global image appeared to have limited impact on voters as they did not necessarily understand the implications for them.

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Terms of Trade | What explains the BJP’s polarising campaign in these elections?

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8 months ago

INTERVIEW | ‘Employment is main issue. Results will be surprising and shocking for BJP’

New Indian Express  

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Letters to The Editor — April 12, 2024
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Letters to The Editor — April 12, 2024

The Hindu  

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lokniti-csds 2024 pre-poll survey reveals key issues in 2024 lok sabha elections
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The Hindu  

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Terms of Trade | Why is the BJP immune from the anger of a K-shaped economic recovery?

Hindustan Times  

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Terms of Trade | Nuanced economic debates will not matter in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

Terms of Trade | Nuanced economic debates will not matter in 2024

Hindustan Times  

With the celebrations of the ninth anniversary of the Narendra Modi government, the countdown to the 2024 general elections has started. Urban unemployment rate fell to its lowest – the earliest data we have is for the quarter ending June 2018 – in the Periodic Labour Force Survey round for the quarter ending March 2023. To cut a long story …

BJP’s failure to tackle unemployment, poverty hit it hard in Karnataka - The Hindu
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The Hindu  

Speaking at the inauguration of the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad in March, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai claimed that there was “minimum unemployment” in Karnataka and the Union government was behind the creation of 33 lakh jobs in the State in the past five years, with 13 lakh created in the past year alone. Asked an open-ended question, close to …

Lokniti-CSDS postpoll study 2023 | Important electoral issues in Tripura Assembly election
1 year, 9 months ago

Lokniti-CSDS postpoll study 2023 | Important electoral issues in Tripura Assembly election

The Hindu  

In a post-poll survey conducted by Lokniti-CSDS, unemployment and lack of development appeared to be the key electoral issues for the voters in Tripura. When asked in an open-ended question, close to three in ten voters stated unemployment and a quarter mentioned lack of development as the most important voting consideration. Had it not been a triangular contest the issues …

CSDS-Lokniti survey | A month before polls, what is on the Gujarat voter’s mind?
2 years, 1 month ago

CSDS-Lokniti survey | A month before polls, what is on the Gujarat voter’s mind?

The Hindu  

When Narendra Modi entered the national political arena in 2013-14, he was portrayed as the mascot of the Gujarat model of development. Responding to an open-ended question, two-thirds of the voters spontaneously mentioned two issues that they would consider at the time of voting: price rise and unemployment. Five years ago, when the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Assembly elections, …

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