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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
In September, amid protests against the controversial new agricultural laws, the Modi government announced the MSP for six rabi crops. Official documents show that several states, including BJP-ruled ones, said the increase was minor.
From moral policing in Dakshina Kannada to stoking riots in Muzaffarnagar, the ‘love jihad’ bogey has served many purposes for the Hindu right wing.
The ASEAN is boarding the RCEP train all set to depart and India is stranded while its two other QUAD partners – Japan and Australia – are on board and can be seen in the dining car holding Chinese chopsticks.
Celebrating demonetisation as a success story that has led to formalisation indicates everything that is wrong with the government’s economic policies.
Compared to the the seasonally adjusted fourth quarter figures of 2019, the labour hour losses for the first three quarters of 2020 for the South Asia region were 3.1, 27.3 and 18.2% respectively.
The Modi government has simply not given thought to the implications signing BECA will have on war-preparedness at a time when external threats have multiplied.
The Adani group, led by the country’s second-richest man, Gautam Adani––whose proximity to PM Modi is common knowledge––is all set to become the largest private operator of airports.
The hundred days of light and hope that was Shaheen Bagh cannot be extinguished by official slander and police chargesheets.
The Modi Government is cornering public funds via PM CARES while robbing states of GST share; at the same time, it is proposing to amend the FCRA to make it more difficult for activist organisations like Amnesty International to access foreign funding.
Foreign agribusiness corporations want to seize control of India’s agriculture as India has some of the best agricultural lands in the world. Taking advantage of the pandemic, the Modi government is pandering to their wishes.
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