The recently conducted state-wide opinion poll by MIT School of Government (MITSOG), Pune has predicted a landslide victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the state. When the writing on the wall is clear, the opinion polls during the election season hardly matter. They could make the prospective winners complacent and further demoralise the …
Mandal and his colleagues produced one of the most groundbreaking reports with tremendous hard work, comprehensive methodology, and incisive social insights. It has been 40 years since the announcement of the formation of the 2nd Backward Class Commission by the then Prime Minister Moraraji Desai. When the 2nd Backward Class Commission (which is popularly known …
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