The (Few) “People’s Budget”
The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms...
The Budget India Needs
A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured...
छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट
कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और सीमांत किसान ही निभाते हैं। जहां 70% ग्रामीण परिवार अभी भी अपनी आय...
Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads
These are all major schemes and essential programmes that many marginalised communities rely on.
Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022
The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Parliament on the 8th of August 2022.
An “Amrit Kaal” which entails feeding 62.5% population with “free” food
How do you describe a nation that is the fastest-growing major economy in the world and also the fifth largest economy in the world
GM food is back on the table
Genetically modified food is back in the news after the regulator Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended “environmental release” of GM Mustard, billed as an indigenously developed transgenic hybrid or a “swadeshi” product, on...
Windfall tax on corporations goes as 5% GST on food items kicks in
In keeping with its anti-people and pro-corporate tax policy, the Central government withdrew the windfall tax on oil exports on July 19th – 19 days after it was imposed – with effect from July...
Are we too late to tackle inflation? The Money Trail
The Money Trail Warning signs were there since last December, but the RBI and the Union Govt did nothing and when things started falling apart they are in firefighting mode. What kept them so...