75 Years Later, Ambedkar’s Warnings About Potential Pitfalls Have Come True
India today is far from the democratic ideal envisaged by the man who chaired the drafting committee of the Constitution.
A Budget of Great Cynicism
No budget in post-independence India had been as openly cynical about the lives of the vast masses of the working people as the one presented on February 1, 2025.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 11: The Health Budget
The Modi Government released a National Health Policy in March 2017 that promised to increase the health expenditure of the Centre and States to 2.5% of GDP by 2025. This article discusses the Modi Government’s actual health policy during the past ten years.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 12: The Nutrition Budget
India is facing a hunger and malnutrition crisis. In this article, we examine the Modi Government’s budgetary allocations for the various schemes meant to address the nutrition requirements of the people in the eleven budgets presented from 2014 to 2024.
The Sensex, the Rupee, the FIIs and the RBI
There is a sense of panic gripping financial markets in India. The immediate causes are a combined slide of indices of stock markets and of the rupee vis-à-vis the US dollar. At the root of this problem is the hugely increased presence of foreign financial capital in India’s market. That consequence of financial liberalisation cannot be easily corrected.
The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’
The price for the NPAs of the big corporates is ultimately paid by the aam aadmi. Given that such huge provisions for the NPAs tie up a large portion of funds, it in effect limits the credit available for lending to key sectors like agriculture or MSMEs.
Three Things About India That Shackled Indians Returning Home Tell Us
The Government of India by not caring about its very own chained people being dropped down by a foreign military plane can pretend it is an ostrich, but the picture of an India shrivelled and grovelling and further trying to ‘normalise Indian hate’ tells its own story.
‘One Nation One Election’ Impairs Federalism, Will Have Political Repurcussions – 2 Articles
Behind ONOE is Narendra Modi’s striving to change the existing constitutional system in order to take advantage of his presumed popularity and establish himself in power. The nation cannot ignore the political repercussions, as far as consequences go, which will cause both a constitutional and political problem.
Jamia Students Fight for Their Right to Protest – 2 Articles
Students in one of India’s leading minority institutions fight for free speech. The administration has responded with heavy police deployment and invoking the law to curb demonstrations.
Govt’s ‘Block’ on Vikatan Website Affronts Critical Journalism
Earlier this month, Tamil website ‘Vikatan’ published a cartoon of Prime Minister Modi. The government’s blocking of the website without supplying any reasoning is another blow to press freedom in the country.