-ThePRInt.in The Khalistan movement in the 1980s may have limited support for Punjab’s Sikhs in the battle with the Indira Gandhi govt. But in Modi govt's farm laws, they have a worthy cause. The ongoing farmers’ protest against the Narendra Modi government’s new agricultural laws isn’t just a battle to secure a legal guarantee for minimum support PRIce, or seek repeal of the three legislations. The battle is also to stop India’s...
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India's Oligarchy Shuts the People Out – and the Constitution Is to Blame -Bhanu Dhamija
-TheWire.in Only a serious overhaul can remedy the fundamental shortcomings in our constitution. It is now clear that India, the world’s largest democracy, is being run by an oligarchy, a form of government where the real power lies with just a few individuals and families. This became tragically evident from the recent saga of India’s agricultural reforms. Three farm laws were enacted by a coterie in the Centre without even recognising that...
More »The anatomy of a stock market bubble staring India in the face -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com Easily buyable shares, a gush of cheap money and a burst of speculation have over-inflated PRIces On 18 December, the PRIce to earnings (PE) ratio of the Nifty 50 stock market index reached an all-time high of 37.84. This was around 87% higher than the average PE ratio of 20.26 since 1 January 1999. The PE ratios of the Nifty 50 and other broader indices continue to remain at extremely high levels....
More »Farm Laws: How Bihar’s Peasantry was Pushed to the Brink after APMCs were Scrapped -Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in Eradication of the APMC-regulated mandi system and the entry of PRIvate players led the farming community to losing a favourable marketplace. Farmers were left with no option but to sell their produce to PRIvate procurers at throwaway PRIces. New Delhi: The nationwide protests against the three contentious Farm Laws enacted by the Centre has brought Bihar into focus. It is a state where new regulations for agricultural produce and its storage,...
More »Systemic neglect ensures that PRIsons act as warehouses for the marginalised -Maja Daruwala and Vijay Raghavan
-The Indian Express Prolongation of these so-called criminal cases is unconscionable, as is forcing vulnerable people into remaining in hotspots of increased infection and fatal risk. Two recent incidents of Stan Swamy and Gautam Navlakha show up the state of our PRIsons today. Both are undertrial PRIsoners in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Both had to move the courts for the simplest of necessities. One, to get a sipper cup and a straw because...
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