Modi Government’s Biggest Scam: Privatisation of LIC
It is going to have disastrous consequences for the crores of policy holders of the LIC; it is also going to adversely affect the Indian economy.
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The Puzzle of the Indian Capitalist Discount Rate
An essay in two parts: i) On the tension in the time frame of Adani Enterprises, including accounts of the strong and sophisticated protests of affected people. ii) An Abstraction from the Concrete, including reflection over the ethics that might drive the Indian Republic. Finally, A Socialist Manifesto is sketched as a resolution of the conflict.
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Debate Over Old Pension Scheme Divides State Governments and Centre
A number of State governments are announcing or implementing decisions to reverse their shift to the new pension scheme designed largely by the Centre. The Centre has launched a propaganda war to discredit this decision against the new scheme.
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India’s Richest 1% Own More Than 40% of Total Wealth, Bottom Half Has Just 3%: Oxfam
Taxing India’s 10 richest billionaires at only 5% can fetch the entire money needed to bring children back to school, says the report released at WEF Davos meet.
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Resist the Intimidation and Repression on People of Mali Parbat Opposing Hindalco Mining
The civil rights group has issued a solidarity statement with the struggle of the people of Mali Parbat opposing Hindalco mining. It says in the statement that the hill, “rich with bauxite, sacred to local tribes in Koraput district of Odisha, is facing threat of destruction” from the mining giant.
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The Struggle of ITI Workers
Workers of the Indian Telecommunication Industries Ltd. (ITI) have been on a sit-in protest outside the factory premises in Dooravani Nagar, Bangalore, since 1 December 2021 against their arbitrary termination from work following the formation of a union and demanding their basic rights.
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How India’s Rulers Have Dashed the Hopes of its Younger Citizens
The employment rate fell to 36% in 2022 from 43% in 2016. This was a 7% fall in the employment rate in a country that has the largest young population in the world. This employment rate is much lower than the world average of about 60%.
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India’s Population, Poverty and Consumption Data are Missing, Experts Allege Political Manipulation
Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years.
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Top 1% Grab Twice as Much New Wealth as Everyone Else Combined
Oxfam study shows extreme wealth and extreme poverty are increasing simultaneously, worldwide.
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What Will Free Rations Under NFSA Mean for the Poor, India’s Food Stocks?
Indra Shekhar Singh hosts a discussion with economist Jean Dreze and former agriculture secretary Siraj Hussain to discuss the consequences of PMGKAY’s discontinuation and providing free food under the National Food Security Act.
