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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Without addressing structural inequities and ensuring secure employment opportunities, increasing quotas alone won’t bridge the gap.
India has a robust and admired statistical system. But the government is suppressing data to suit its narrative. It is perilous not to know the reality of the governed.
Household Savings in India Drop to a 5-Decade Low in FY23; Low Small Vehicle Sales, Rush for Gold Loans Point to Economic Distress; India’s Poverty Soared Pre-Pandemic, Eased in 2021 but Remained Above 2018 Levels.
We are witnessing an attack on people’s right to access their basic fundamental right to food and life on all fronts. Recently, the Global Hunger Report 2023 ranked India at 111 among 125 countries.
Despite the intense police repression, the people of Kashipur have stood up against the Odisha Government coercively facilitating this project for Vedanta. We bring to you the developments of the last 24 hours from the night before the Public Hearing to the end of it.
GST has been in operation since July 1, 2017. It was billed as the second freedom since it was supposed to unify the `fragmented’ Indian market. In the six years that have elapsed, has it fulfilled the promises that its proponents had vociferously claimed for it.
Part 1: Advantage Adani: Power Industry Lobbies, Coal Ministry Unlocks Dense Forests for Mining; Part 2: Coal Reform Overturned: After Failed Auctions, Centre Hands Out Coal Blocks At Discretion.
This conversation with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was held in February 2023 when he came to Kerala for the release of the book ‘Adani Empire: Beyond Crony Capitalism’ published by Transition Studies.
Declining allocations on social welfare spending, and neglect of existing schemes and programmes, underscore how welfare has come to be constrained in the past ten years.
JP Morgan has now decided to add Indian government bonds to its “emerging markets government bond index” (GBI-EM), starting in June 2024. The effects of this will be seen with a lag, over the next few years, but the impact will be far-reaching.
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