Comment by Riaz Haq 1 hour ago

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 Neeraj Sharma, former CEO of a New Jersey staffing firm, is losing his

US citizenship for H-1B visa fraud.

He filed 11 fake petitions with forged documents for nonexistent bank jobs.

He profited by selling fake visas to foreigners, exploiting the H-1B system.

https://x.com/cutoffs_io/status/2065036941138051324?s=61&t=mgTx...

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I. INTRODUCTION
1. The United States of America (“Plaintiff”) brings this civil action under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1451(a) against Neeraj Sharma (“Defendant”) to revoke his naturalized U.S. citizenship.
Defendant fraudulently and unlawfully procured U.S. citizenship, because he had committed
crimes prior to naturalizing that rendered him ineligible and because he concealed those crimes,
for which he was charged and convicted after naturalizing, throughout the naturalization process.
Specifically, after he became a U.S. citizen, Defendant pled guilty to Fraud and Misuse of Visas,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546, for conduct committed immediately prior to filing of his…..

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1444721/dl

Comment by Riaz Haq 49 minutes ago

An excerpt from ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’, by Santosh Mehrotra and Jajati Parida.
Santosh Mehrotra & Jajati Parida
May 29, 2026 · 08:30 am



https://scroll.in/article/1092862/this-book-re-examines-indias-econ...

Manufacturing employment fell in India after 2015, while it had been consistently stabilised at or around 17% of GDP ever since the economic reforms began in 1991. However, self-inflicted wounds upon the economy by the government did not help. The most labour-intensive sectors, including textiles, wood products, food processing and leather/footwear, struggled until 2018 and did not recover after Covid-19 – except apparel and food processing.

Manufacturing contribution to GVA (gross value added) fell consistently from 2016 onwards, did not begin to recover until 2022 and did not reach its pre-demonetisation level by 2024. The same is observable in manufacturing as a share of total employment, although in absolute terms, by 2023, the absolute number of employees in manufacturing had finally caught up to the 2012 level and exceeded it.

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India’s Jobs Crisis Explained: 121 Million Youth, 80 Million Back to Farming & the Growth Paradox

https://youtu.be/pjXAvOTgqkI?is=9Z8DcPK3mmmAvW3z


In this episode, economist Santosh Mehrotra joins the conversation to examine one of the most important questions facing India today: if the economy is growing, why are employment concerns continuing to dominate public debate?



Drawing from his book India Out of Work, Santosh Mehrotra challenges several widely accepted assumptions about growth, jobs, formalisation and economic development. The discussion explores why India's demographic opportunity may be narrowing faster than many realise, and what that could mean for the country's future.



Among the issues discussed:

• Nearly 121 million young Indians are estimated to be neither employed, in education, nor in training.

• India's demographic dividend window is projected to narrow around 2040, creating urgency around job creation.

• The economy may need to generate 10–12 million non-farm jobs every year to absorb new entrants into the workforce.

• Between 2020 and 2024, roughly 80 million workers returned to agriculture, reversing a long-term structural trend.

• Unemployment among graduates and degree holders remains a major concern despite rising educational attainment.



The conversation also examines the future of manufacturing, the role of MSMEs, formalisation, inequality, and whether India can create enough opportunities to fully realise its economic ambitions.



Watch till the end for a data-driven discussion on growth, jobs, productivity and the future of India's workforce.

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