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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Democracy watchdog Freedom House, in a new report, has demoted India from “free” to “partly free”, flagging sustained erosion of civil liberties in the country; Centre rebuts report, calls it ‘Misleading, Incorrect, Misplaced’; Experts say the Centre’s rebuttal belies ground reality.
How the Modi Govt is undermining federalism by collecting more of its revenues as cesses and surcharges, which are not shared with the states; also, an analysis of the budget allocations for agriculture.
The 15th Financial Commission has not only failed to address but has also aggravated the country’s increasing tendencies towards fiscal centralisation in its latest recommendations. It could lead to a potential financial crisis for the state governments.
Despite all the manipulations done by the Modi Government with the GDP figures, the economic slowdown has been so persistent that now, finally, the official figures also admit that economy began slowing down before the pandemic.
The budgetary allocation for 2021-’22 for the rural jobs programme is 35% lower than the 2020-’21 revised estimate.
NAPM commends and extends its solidarity to the youth groups of India and Australia who have successfully organised the Global Week of Action to #StopAdani from 27 Jan to 2 Feb, 2021 under the banner YAStA (Youth Action to Stop Adani).
These are: how much did the government claim to have spent in 2020-21, and how much does it intend to spend in 2021-22. They will determine whether there is any real hope of sustained macroeconomic recovery in the near future.
Budgets over the years have become a tiresome spectacle. With the government adopting measures that erode its own revenues, and with the passing of the FRBM Act limiting its right to borrow, there is not much the budget as an instrument of mobilizing and allocating resources can do.
Mukesh Ambani earned ₹90 cr. an hour during the pandemic when around 24% of people in India were earning under ₹3,000 a month, says the report.
In the wake of the deadly riot in Washington, DC, and with the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden just days away, Ben Hillier spoke to Mike Davis about the crises and transformations of US politics.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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