-The Hindu Despite the fall, 80%-plus voter turnout was recorded in more than 60% of the seats in Assam and Puducherry Compared to the 2016 Assembly election, turnout decreased in 90% of the 530 seats in the four States where voting for the 2021 State polls took PLAce on April 6. Nearly 86% of seats in Tamil Nadu, 95% in Kerala, 90% in Assam, and all the seats in Puducherry recorded lower turnout...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 21819
US Stimulus: Setting a new agenda? -CP Chandrasekhar
-The Hindu Business line/ Macroscan.org The $1.9 trillion American Rescue PLAn signed by Joe Biden is one of the biggest fiscal boosts in the world in recent times. It marks a move away from the fiscal conservatism and dependence on monetary policy instruments characteristic of the neoliberal era that began with Reagan. Please click here to read more. ...
More »How the Adani Group is poised to control the agricultural market following the farm laws -Hartosh Singh Bal
-CaravanMagazine.in In the cover story of The Caravan’s March 2021 issue, “Mandi, Market and Modi,” Hartosh Singh Bal reported about the Indian government’s efforts to remake India’s agricultural economy for large private PLAyers. In the following excerpt from the story, Bal traces the infrastructure that the Adani group have already built to store, transport and market agricultural produce. There has been considerable conversation around what the entry of private buyers in procurement...
More »Plough to PLAte, hand held by the Indian state -Mihir Shah
-The Hindu The distinct characteristics of India’s agriculture require that a reformed state must ensure farmer, consumer welfare For at least four decades now, economic policy making globally has dogmatically adhered to the notion that a progressively reduced role of the state would automatically deliver greater economic growth and welfare to the people. Since reform, by definition, is taken to mean only one thing, sector after sector is compulsively sought to be...
More »Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
-IndiaToday.com Several migrant workers in Delhi and Mumbai were seen heading to their home states amid fear of another lockdown, as Covid-19 cases witness a steep rise in the country. As India witnesses a resurgence in Covid 19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing night curfews and weekend lockdowns. In Delhi, many migrant workers were seen leaving for their home states from...
More »
