Articles by Abhishek Jha
Can Congress reclaim Assam with an alliance?
The Congress, which ruled the state for 15 years from 2001 to 2016, has changed its electoral tactics and stitched together an alliance to leverage the consolidation of a previously fragmented anti-BJP vote base to recapture power in the state.
Published on Mar 26, 2021 04:11 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaSix factors which will decide the 2021 West Bengal contest
West Bengal is expected to be a bipolar contest between the TMC and the BJP. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, these two parties cornered 83.5% of the total votes polled and 97% of the total 294 assembly constituencies, if results are disaggregated at that level
Updated on Mar 25, 2021 02:36 PM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Roshan Kishore and Abhishek JhaThe role of language and religion in Assam battle
While the state’s politics is driven by many factors, the larger issue is the dynamic between language and religion.
Published on Mar 24, 2021 02:49 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaWhat makes electoral politics in Kerala unique?
Kerala is not the only state where political power changes hands regularly. Tamil Nadu had this tradition for 32 uninterrupted years, until J Jayalalithaa led the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to a consecutive victory in the 2016 elections.
Updated on Mar 20, 2021 06:32 AM IST
Roshan Kishore Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
What does it take to win Assam? A fine balance between religion and language
If there is one state in India where migration is a big issue, it is Assam. There are multi-layered political fault lines in Assam, which encompass caste, religion, linguistic nationality, migration and deprivation
Updated on Mar 27, 2021 10:50 AM IST
3 states face risk of being next Covid-19 hot spots
Maharashtra leads the pack but Punjab, MP and Haryana also see their positivity rates rise higher than the average national rise of 1.4 percentage points; Kerala the only state to see its positivity rate drop over the past 30 days
Updated on Mar 20, 2021 10:52 AM IST
Jamie Mullick Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Kerala: A state of multi-layered bipolar polity
The southern state has a uniquely multicultural society and there are entrenched pockets of support for various political actors in different parts of Kerala
Updated on Mar 19, 2021 01:45 PM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Roshan Kishore and Abhishek JhaWhich way for Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu in 2021?
2021 elections will be interesting as far as Tamil Nadu’s long-term political landscape is concerned.
Updated on Mar 16, 2021 01:39 PM IST
Roshan Kishore, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaTamil Nadu assembly polls: Which way will Dravidian politics swing in 2021?
Whether Tamil Nadu maintains its trend of declining victory margins, the growing footprint of the two major Dravidian parties will only be known on May 2.
Updated on Mar 16, 2021 03:55 PM IST
Roshan Kishore, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaNever-ending fragility grips Indian workforce
The June quarter numbers capture the period of the hard lockdown, and things have improved since then, as can be seen from the GDP numbers.
Updated on Mar 12, 2021 09:45 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaWest Bengal election 2021: How TMC is countering BJP’s polarisation bid
The Trinamool Congress’s ticket distribution strategy in the forthcoming elections – it is the only party to have declared all its candidates so far – shows a clear pattern that it is trying to counter BJP’s strategy.
Updated on Mar 27, 2021 10:50 AM IST
Why reservation may fail in levelling the field
From SC-ST social groups, reservations have expanded to OBCs, economically weaker sections
Published on Mar 09, 2021 01:58 AM IST
Roshan Kishore Abhishek Jha
Total factories in India grew by 2% in 2018-19
The top three states by GVA were Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. They had a share of 41% in the total GVA. Rural India added nearly as much GVA (49%) as urban India (51%).
Published on Mar 06, 2021 01:51 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaMost cities low on economic ability
The last, which has a weight of almost one-third in the rankings, is a completely subjective parameter.
Published on Mar 05, 2021 01:58 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaUrban areas still more vulnerable to coronavirus but cases now evenly spread
While India seems to have so far escaped a second wave of Covid-19 infections, tracking the geography of the pandemic in the country over the last one year makes for an interesting analysis.
Published on Mar 01, 2021 04:43 AM IST
, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaFive charts that explain the upcoming elections
Three out of the four states going to polls; Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are also the top three states by share of Muslims in the population. With 26.7% Muslims and 16.6% Christians, Kerala has the lowest share of Hindus -- to be sure, they are still a majority – among India’s important states.
Updated on Mar 27, 2021 10:53 AM IST
Abhishek Jha
Congress needs to worry more about rebels than opponents in Puducherry
The only time the Congress has lost Puducherry, it has been because of a rebel. The Congress and DMK together have won over 50% seats in every assembly elections in Puducherry since 1980, except in 2011
Updated on Feb 22, 2021 06:32 PM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaThe lessons to be drawn from Chamoli disaster
The effects of the climate crisis on Uttarakhand’s weather patterns and their impact on the environment’s capacity to sustain damage being done by the construction of dams makes the state particularly vulnerable.
Updated on Feb 20, 2021 10:01 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Abhishek Jha Jayashree NandiNumber Theory: What does mobility data tell us about the state of the economy?
While mobility has been increasing continuously, its recovery is relatively slower when compared to NIBRI. To be sure, mobility levels had reached 90% of pre-lockdown values (median value for the day of the week in the January 3, 2020 to February 6, 2020 period) in December 2020 itself.
Published on Feb 16, 2021 03:51 AM IST
No Covid death in Delhi first time since May 11
According to government data, the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day (8,593) was recorded on November 11, and on November 18, the city recorded the highest number of single-day deaths (131).
Updated on Feb 10, 2021 06:11 AM IST
Anonna Dutt Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Path to a just transition to lower CO2 emissions
Even at the time these lockdowns were imposed, an improvement in indicators of air quality raised hopes that a world with lower emissions from burning of fossil fuels was not an unachievable target.
Published on Feb 09, 2021 03:14 AM IST
, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaNumber Theory: How much does an average Indian earn?
The average annual per capita income of households interviewed in the LASI survey conducted in 2017-18 is ₹44,901. This is just about 39% of the per capita income in the same year according to the National Account Statistics
Updated on Jan 16, 2021 03:02 PM IST
, New Delhi
Abhishek JhaIs there deferred distress in rural labour markets?
This generated fears of a glut in rural markets and hence a rise in unemployment and crash in rural wages, which had already been declining.
Published on Jan 09, 2021 04:53 AM IST
, New Delhi
Vineet Sachdev Abhishek JhaThe number theory: Imagining India, 10 years from now
India’s first climate change assessment by the ministry of earth sciences (MoES), published in 2020. said that the climate change seen in the country since the middle of the 20th century is expected to continue in the future.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 03:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, Abhishek Jha and Vineet Sachdev
2020: A year of strange weather events
Floods, cyclones, colder winter, unexpected rains, India has seen them all.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 04:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Abhishek Jha
West Bengal polls and the possible role of defections
West Bengal’s polity since 2014 has been a story of growing polarisation. With the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front continuously losing ground against the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in election after election, the BJP started positioning itself as the principal opposition party in the state.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 07:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Roshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha
Are we undercounting India’s women workers?
An HT analysis of per capita worker incomes and per capita incomes in China and India showed that India’s gap with China was much larger when it came to per capita incomes than per worker incomes.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Roshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha
Cold wave conditions in Delhi from December 16 to 18
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) designates days as cold wave days in the plains if the minimum temperature is 10 degree Celsius or lower and at the same time 4.5 degrees or more below the normal minimum temperature for the day for two consecutive days.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 10:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Abhishek Jha
Would Virat Kohli be fastest to 12k runs in another era?
Would Kohli have scored his 12,000 runs as quickly as he did if he played during Tendulkar’s time? One may never know for sure – but an HT analysis looks at the changing scoring patterns one-day internationals to try and answer the question.
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Abhishek Jha
Will cash transfers help SC/STs better? A look at a Niti idea
On November 27, the Economic Times reported that Niti Aayog had proposed a plan for replacing the existing Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) method of budgeting for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) with a central consolidated fund.
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Abhishek Jha