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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

Union budget continues to ignore Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR

The Dalit and Adivasi Budget Analysis 2019-20 exposed the...

Union Budget continues to ignore real issues of Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR

New Delhi: The Union Budget looks like a “very...

The govt needs to wake up before it’s too late for forest and tribal rights

The communities will have to assert themselves politically and...

Agri Workers’ Wages Grew Just 3% Per Year Under Modi Rule

After adjusting for price rise, ‘real’ wages of India’s...

Vast Income Inequalities Within Castes: Study. Top 10% Among Forward Castes Own 60% Wealth

Bengaluru: Although India’s upper caste households earned nearly 47%...

47% vacancies reserved for ST’s still unfulfilled in govt ministries and departments

In 2017, out of a backlog of 6,887 vacancies...

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes recommends removal of security forces from schools in Jharkhand

Press Release issued by Women Against Sexual Violence and...

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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

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