As Uttar Pradesh Heads to Polls, How Does the Yogi Govt’s Economic Performance Hold Up?
Employment trends are dismal under the ‘double engine government’ of Modi and Adityanath. Several other claims made in ads do not appear to hold up.
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How India’s Govt Is Setting in Place a New Structure for a Dysfunctional Parliament
The government of PM Modi is increasingly bypassing Parliament through executive fiat by promulgating an average of 11 ordinances a year. Legislative scrutiny is at its lowest point: from 70% of bills referred to committees in the previous Lok Sabha to 11% during the current.
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The Fierce Determination of Ordinary People to Build an Extraordinary World
United States President Joe Biden has suborned 111 countries to attend his Summit for Democracy on December 9–10, ending on Human Rights Day. In the name of democracy, the U.S. government is pushing its own agenda to consolidate power and further its national interests.
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Pastors Attacked, Churches Ransacked, But Uttarakhand Police File Cases Against Victims
In Roorkee, Uttarakhand, over 200 people, including familiar faces and neighbours, attacked a church during Sunday prayers on 3 October. Instead of the attackers being arrested, the late pastor’s family faces a criminal case.
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Further Concerns of Peasant Movement Amidst Victory Celebrations
The first stage of this struggle has, no doubt, been won. But a prolonged struggle is required for getting proper prices for the crops and for securing the right to food for the working masses through PDS. This struggle now demands a higher and long-lasting unity.
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Kisan Movement’s Direct Action Defeated Not Just Modi Govt, but Imperialist Forces too
The climbdown by the Modi government in the face of the incredible resoluteness shown by the agitating peasants is a setback for neoliberalism, since corporate ascendancy over the agricultural sector is a crucial part of the neo-liberal agenda the farm laws were seeking to promote.
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Electoral Bonds are a Threat to Indian Democracy
The electoral bonds system allows corporates to anonymously donate theoretically infinite amounts of money to political parties, triggering concerns that the ruling party will return the favour through corporate-friendly public policy.
