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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

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Agri Workers’ Tiny Wage Rise Wiped Out by Inflation

In the past five years, agri workers’ wage has increased by only about Rs.15 per year.

Bank Employees to Go on Strike for a Day on Nov 19 Against ‘Growing Attacks’

The industrial action, which is expected to be joined by lakhs of employees, thereby affecting banking services across the country, will also see the raising of a host of other non-financial demands, an AIBEA leader told NewsClick on Tuesday.

Agra: Shopkeepers, artisans near Taj Mahal face bleak future

Left in the lurch after court order barring commercial activities within 500 meters of Taj Mahal, many of them run small businesses that have been handed down over generations

In pictures: Apples rot in Pulwama after a ruinous week of highway blockage

After thousands of trucks were stuck on the Kashmir - Jammu highway recently, bringing hundreds of crores worth of Kashmiri apples on the verge of decay, pictures have emerged showing orchards littered with rotting apples.

Govt ‘Favouring’ Private Telcos, ‘Ignoring’ BSNL: Trade Unions

The Centre is silent on the launch of BSNL’s much-delayed 4G services.

Corporate tax cuts: Revenue lost could have funded important welfare projects

Amount could have doubled the budget for 20 crucial ministries and departments

‘Self-reliance for Poor and State Support for Business is the New Motto’—Jean Dreze

The noted economist and activist says the goal of public policies should be to improve people’s lives instead of being swayed by the interests of the privileged few.

Banks write off about Rs 10 lakh crore in last five financial years

Highest number of wilful defaulters reported during 2020-21

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