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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Report by prominent economist Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi highlights the severe economic distress and food crisis suffered by a vast majority of Indian poor following the 2020 lockdown. It demands a stronger wave of relief measures to avoid a repeat of the crisis.
The only thing we can state with certainty is this: our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests.
Across the country, farmers observed a ‘Black Day’ on May 26 to mark six months of their historical protest. Plus more news.
An interview with the CEO of CMIE on impact of second wave of Covid on the economy, and double digit unemployment.
Lakshadweep: When the Gujarat Model Steamrolls an Island Paradise; At the Heart of Lakshadweep ‘Shock Therapy’ Lies a Policy to Grab Land; Press Release by concerned citizens of Thiruvananthapuram.
Just 12 months after being announced by India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the raft of defence industry reforms and policies lie in tatters.
The government has enough foodgrain stocks; instead of exporting the surplus, it should universalise the public distribution system.
The Indian government’s plans to unbundle the railways and privatise its key parts mimic the UK privatisation model. Now the UK government has admitted to its failure. India should seriously reconsider whether it should go ahead with its privatisation plans.
Lack of access to period products is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impact of the coronavirus crisis on period health.
The struggle, which began in rejection of a neoliberal tax reform bill, has transformed into a social uprising in Colombia demanding structural changes and an end to policies that deepen inequality and deprive the majority of the population of basic rights. Mothers are in the frontlines of the struggle.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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