Open Skies, Blind Eyes
IndiGo’s crisis shows how liberalised aviation leans on forbearance—profits first, safety later, with the State and passengers holding turbulence.
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The Aravalli Verdict: When Law Protects Profit, Not Life – 3 Articles
“From Living Landscapes to Extractable Matter: The Aravalli Verdict in Perspective”: By reducing the Aravallis to a numerical height threshold, the ruling converts a richly interconnected ecological landscape into a narrow technical category. Also: “Aravallis on Trial: When Law Protects Profit, Not Life”; and “Redefining Aravallis: Theft of the Commons”.
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Dismantling the MGNREGA: An Assault on Livelihoods of Millions of Workers – 4 Articles
‘Withdraw VB-G RAM G Bill Forthwith, Says NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’; ‘End of MGNREGA Will Deepen Poverty’; ‘Low Funds, Pending Dues, No Work: How Govt Crippled MGNREGA Before Renaming It’; ‘The Aadhaar e-KYC has Led to the Silent Shrinking of India’s Rural Workforce’.
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Capitalism | Economy | Exploitation | India | Online Blog | Poverty | Unemployment
India: Inequality at Historic High; World Bank Shows Rising Poverty as Declining – 4 Articles
‘The Hidden Cost of India’s Economic Boom: Inequality at Historic High, as Wealth and Income Growth Leave Out Millions’; ‘G20 Report Says Top 1% Indians Grew Richer by 62% in 2000–23’; ‘World Bank Miracle: How to Show Rising Poverty as Declining!’; ‘India’s Wealth Gap Grows and Average Wealth Falls, But Millionaires Surge’.
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Capitalism | Exploitation | India | Online Blog | Poverty | Privatization | Unemployment
Profit Over Public Interest
The Centre’s push for PSB consolidation and foreign investment prioritises bank profitability over financial inclusivity.
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How Reliable is India’s GDP Calculation?
Economist Arun Kumar and former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen discuss the IMF’s C-grade rating for India’s national account statistics and the credibility of its GDP figures. Both experts express serious doubt about the reported 8.2% growth for quarter Q2.
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The Invisibility of Domestic Workers in Urban India; Karnataka’s Domestic Workers Bill – 2 Articles
‘“Instant Help” to “Incessant Labour”: The Invisibility of Domestic Workers in Urban India’: A study of the impact of capitalist and patriarchal systems on the structural invisibility and devaluation of domestic workers in urban India. Also: ‘Karnataka: Domestic Workers Bill a Good Step, But Some Concerns Persist’.
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Mumbai: Citizens Move to Halt Privatisation of Public Hospitals
A broad-based coalition of social organisations and unions has called for an immediate halt to the ongoing privatisation of Mumbai’s public hospitals and health services and also demanded the filling of vacant posts and strengthening of public health facilities to ensure equitable, quality care for all residents of Mumbai.
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India’s Migrants: Exclusion by Design
Migrant workers fuel India’s growth yet remain excluded from its rewards. Policy silences and regional inequalities sustain their exploitation, and caste hierarchies have been reconfigured within neoliberal urban economies to normalise their exclusion from the nation’s systems.
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Faux Welfare
India has replaced genuine welfare—education, health, justice, and environmental care—with short-term handouts that buy loyalty but stunt progress.
