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The growth rate figures officially given are deeply flawed because they do not reveal the true picture of the Indian economy hit by the pandemic. Even going by the official data, the Indian economy has not yet recovered to its pre-pandemic level. Also: Five Lakh Companies Shut Shop Since 2016.
The year-long agitation of farmers against the three farm laws captured the vision of Gandhi and the spirit of his first Satyagraha in Champaran – that if the legislature proves itself to be incapable of safeguarding kisans’ interests, they have the sovereign remedy of civil disobedience and non-cooperation.
Unlike in the Lok Sabha where the BJP enjoys a comfortable majority, stalling proceedings in the Rajya Sabha are in the prime minister’s best interests. But dismantling the upper house and painting opposition MPs as villains may serve to unite the opposition against the ruling dispensation.
The Population Foundation of India (PFI) has said that the complete set of findings from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) “busts the myth of population explosion” in India, since the total fertility rate (TFR) now stands below the replacement level.
In its complaint filed with the United Nations on Sunday, the coalition of nursing unions argues that the proliferation of variants is a predictable outcome of rich nations’ refusal to “distribute vaccines and treatments equitably to the vast majority of people of low- and moderate-income countries.”
Xiomara Castro, candidate of the “Libre” party, has won the presidential elections in Honduras on November 28. Castro’s party won on the strength of its opposition to neoliberalism and the free market model, which is strongly entrenched in Honduras.
The failure of the Bandung Conference to launch a permanent Asian-African nations’ organisation was a sign that the writ of the pro-militarist lobby within the Asian and African countries had ultimately prevailed.
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.
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.
Why do ideas of equality, reason and freedom scare some people? The answer lies in the simple fact that these ideas rock the boat for the castes and classes who rule.
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