Citizens’ Fight to Restore Goa’s Ecology: Revitalising Agriculture in Mining-Affected Areas
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Citizens’ Fight to Restore Goa’s Ecology: Revitalising Agriculture in Mining-Affected Areas

The tenacity and initiative exhibited by the residents of Pissurlem and Shirgao serve as inspirational examples for other communities affected by mining. Villagers can reclaim their lands, restore their environment, and regain self-sufficiency, if they stand together and commit to change.

Manufactured Crisis over US Debt Ceiling Sets Stage for Bipartisan Assault on Social Security and Medicare
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Manufactured Crisis over US Debt Ceiling Sets Stage for Bipartisan Assault on Social Security and Medicare

Both the parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, are in basic agreement that: All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out, to pay for the U.S. government’s addiction to war and military spending.

Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 6: Cut in Social Sector Expenditures, Transfers to States
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 6: Cut in Social Sector Expenditures, Transfers to States

Despite the already abysmally low social sector expenditures of the country, the Centre has made huge cuts in its spending on the people to compensate for the huge increase in capex (and the meagre increase in budget outlay).

The Mission Creep Problem in Panchayat Finances
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The Mission Creep Problem in Panchayat Finances

The 14th FC had recommended transfer of significant quantum of untied funds to local bodies, that would have strengthened fiscal decentralisation. The Union Government accepted this recommendation, but has imposed several conditionalities in the release of these funds, effectively leading to fiscal centralisation.