India’s Creeping Industrial Stagnation
The sharp and apparently intriguing fall in industrial production in October, and feeble post-Covid recovery, points to a deep-rooted malaise in the Indian economy.
Why the Private Sector Is Immune to the Constitutional Goal of Social Justice
There is a growing need to discuss the constitutional immunity to reservations that the private sector has enjoyed, even as it has deepened caste cleavages in India.
Deep Pockets, Weaponised Agencies the Muck BJP’s Operation Lotus Grows In
The increasing misuse of ED as an instrument of power is borne out by a steep 95% rise in its actions since Modi came to power. The central probe agencies are being used to engineer defections from Opposition parties like never before.
PM-Kisan: Who and How Many are Getting Income Support of Rs 6,000?
Surely, the Centre doesn’t know; had that not been the case, it wouldn’t be giving multiple sets of data, all of which contradict each other.
Jobless Numbers Are Touching 5 Crore
Labour force has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to CMIE.
Food Without Choice?; Also – Doctors Urge Modi to Reject GM Mustard
Th attempt by a small but powerful minority to propagate GM crops to serve their interests and those of giant corporations, the bureaucracy, the political setup and a few unprincipled and unethical scientists and technologists who can be used as tools, must be opposed.
Fourth Estate intact in India: Envoy Ruchira Kamboj at United Nations
This sweeping assertion comes in the same week that journalist Ravish Kumar left NDTV.
Does Modi’s India Care About Palestine Any More?
Apart from deepening ties with Tel Aviv on all fronts, especially military, the Hindutva ideologues in power in India draw great inspiration from the Israeli model of nationalism and repression.
On Constitution Day, the Modi Government Is Exacting the RSS’s Revenge on Ambedkar
A concept note on ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ entirely erases the actual spirit and principles of the Indian constitution. Instead, it audaciously pushes an openly Hindu supremacist narrative.
REPLUG: Demonetisation Has Been an Utter Failure on All Fronts
In the entire history of post-Independence India, no single economic measure has been as devastating for the people and as utterly futile in achieving its stated objectives, as the demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination.