Is the Pandemic Really Over? Unearthing Stories of Death, Debt and Distress
Marginalised sections are still feeling the impact of the pandemic – and still waiting for answers from the authorities.
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Thousands Protest in Delhi Demanding Restoration of the Old Pension Scheme
Thousands of government employees gathered at the Ram Lila Maidan of the national capital to protest the union government’s National Pension Scheme and demand full restoration of the old pension scheme on Sunday, October 1.
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Odisha: Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests
The Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 and the Forest Conservation Rules 2022 have opened the floodgates for massive deforestation.
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Bharatmala Project: Adani-Led Consortium, BJP Donors, Firm with BJP Links Get Tenders in Breach of Norms
A consortium led by Adani Transport was awarded the Suryapet and Khammam project though it didn’t have the requisite construction work experience.
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Vishwakarma Yojana Is Varnashrama Dharma in a New Bottle
The PM Vishwakarma Yojana mirrors past caste-based exclusionary policies, confining marginalised groups to traditional occupations and impeding their access to higher education, contradicting constitutional principles of justice and equity.
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India’s ‘Alternative to Hong Kong’ Proceeds in Lush Nicobar Island, as Govt Ignores Pleas of Local Tribals
Over the past 17 years, a Nicobarese tribe inhabiting an island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for about 50,000 years has pleaded with the union government to return them to the ancestral land they lived in before the 2004 tsunami. But the government is planning to build massive tourism facilities on the island, so it has ignored their pleas.
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The Story of How Modi Government Turned its Back on Forest Conservation to Favour Corporate Interests
The Modi government persisted in finding ways to open up forests for commercial plantations, beginning shortly after taking office and ultimately achieving it through recent amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act that damages the rights of tribal people, official documents reveal.
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CAG Reports Unveil Misuse and Diversion of Public Funds – 2 Articles
CAG reports unveil misuse of public funds in key projects and welfare schemes; Also: CAG’s report shines a light on accounting shenanigans that will leave any auditor aghast at the sheer audacity of the sharp practices in central govt accounts.
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The Adani Story Simplified: Stock Manipulation, Mystery Investors and SEBI Role
A series of reports obtained by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and shared with the Guardian and the Financial Times, has established some of the allegations against the conglomerate by Hindenburg Research. Will the market regulator take note?
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People: Part 7 – The Budget and Agriculture
The 2023–24 budget for agriculture is simply devastating for farmers — it is as if the Modi Government is taking revenge on farmers for their historic movement that forced the roll-back of the three farm laws. The seventh article in our analysis of Union Budget 2023.
