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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

Free-wheeling remarks on freebies

Suddenly the country is abuzz with freebies.The media resounding...

Endless Wait of 60 million Senior Citizens for Pensions

The most important support needed by elderly persons is...

‘Grossly inadequate’: NREGA allocation 0.29% of GDP, World Bank recommended 1.6%

A civil society tracker, seeking to periodically analyse the...

Dhinkia: Betel plantation destruction hits local economy

With land being transferred, allegedly without consent of villagers for a "development project, and alleged police pressure, the future appears bleak

Modi’s RBI and its myopic monetary measures

After demonetization, GST and Covid, India is still limping to a new economic normal

SBI levels bank fraud of ₹ 22,842 crore against ABG shipyard

Opposition Congress condemns the government for failing to act on this scam flagged as early as 2018

Air India sale: The making of One Lakh Crore scam?

Need for an in-depth and impartial investigation into favourable concessions given to new owners

CEL sale, a threat to national security: Employees

The disinvestment is on hold but employee unions fear the sale of the profit-making PSU to an inexperienced bidder

UP: Weavers persist battle for fixed rate electricity subsidy

Powerloom workers submitted a memorandum to authorities, tired of over-the-top bills from the electricity department

Kuch ka saath aur Cronies ka Vikas

Economic gaps continue to grow as the very richest amass unprecedented levels of wealth

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