Colonial Reality of India’s Criminal Laws Remains Despite the New Hindi Names
The argument that we are in the process of decolonizing laws is a bogus one and it reveals our hypocrisies more than anything else.
Swanky Buildings and ‘Net Zero’ Academics Is Modi’s Model for Nalanda University
There are not many who are willing to enrol at the university and pay the fees.
Indian Railways: Derailed Priorities – 2 Articles
‘Derailed Priorities: Has the Investments in Our Safety in the Indian Railways Been Compromised?’; ‘Why the Indian Railways Changed Course – and How It Can Get Back on Track’.
Millions Waiting: One Exam for the Promised Jobs
In 2020, PM Narendra Modi promised a common eligibility exam to hire young Indians for jobs in the Union government. Four years later, the youth are still waiting.
How did Agricultural Output Change Under the Modi Government?
The recently released report from the MoSPI provides some estimates of how the value of agricultural output has changed since 2011-12. The broad national picture of both agricultural output and specifically crop output should be worrying for anyone concerned with the Indian economy and the fate of its people.
Analysis of Budget 2024, Part 2: The Real Reason Behind Increase in Capital Expenditure
Union Budget documents show that the budget outlay this year is just 6.1% above last year, which means it is stagnant in real terms. Within the limited budget outlay, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a hike in capital expenditure (or capex) of 16.9%. What is the real reason behind this increase?
Ladakh’s Resentment of New Delhi has Overridden Old Buddhist–Muslim Acrimony
After the revocation of Article 370, Buddhist-majority Leh and Muslim-majority Kargil have united in protest against the BJP and the Modi government, demanding statehood for Ladakh and Sixth Schedule protections.
What Is to Be Done About Unemployment?
An increase in government expenditure financed by larger wealth and inheritance taxation provides the easiest and most direct route to the generation of larger employment in the economy.
Analysis of Budget 2024–25, Part 1: Declining Budget Outlay
The Indian economy is in deep crisis. The actual growth rate of the economy is much less than is being projected by the Modi Government. The people are facing a colossal unemployment, poverty and hunger crisis. Therefore, the government needs to increase its spending on the people, by increasing the budget outlay. Has this happened in Budget 2024?
The Economic Fallout of India under Modi and the BJP
The author argues that the rise of Modi-led authoritarianism in India is an outcome of the failure of the neoliberal project to deliver anything substantial to the majority of the population in the last three decades.