IPA Special
Real Income Of Working People Began Declining Even Before Pandemic
By Prabhat Patnaik The pandemic and the lockdown are certainly causing an absolute shrinkage in the Gross Domestic Product of the Indian economy. But these tend to obscure something very serious that was happening even earlier, namely a real income decline for vast numbers of working people....
Job Losses Due To Pandemic May Cross 18 Million In Pakistan
By Sankar Ray The results of a nationwide economic survey in Pakistan, undertaken by IPSOS, Europe’s leading market research outfit indicate that the net job loss in the country due to pandemic, is feared to surpass substantially the estimate by the ministry of planning, worked out in April...
Privatisation Of Railways Poses A Big Threat To Indian Economy
By Dr K Narayana The BJP government has unleashed the process of privatisation of the public sector undertakings without considering the plight of economy in the country. Indian Railways, a government undertaking, has been the biggest industry in Asia with a12.3 lakh workforce is facing the disaster as...
Relief For Kerala Government In Gold Smuggling Case
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There has been no let-up in politics over covid 19 even though the dreaded virus is tightening its vice-like grip on the state. The Government, is, however, breathing easy because the widely expected arrest of the former principal secretary to the Chief Minister...
Covid Virus Infects Top BJP Leaders In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Corona Virus while spreading at a fast speed in Madhya Pradesh is not sparing the VIPs. It is a matter of coincidence and serious concern that it has affected both the head of the government and the head of the BJP organisation....
Trump’s Call To Delay Elections Signals The Opening Of A Coup Attempt
By C T Atkins Donald Trump’s proposal to postpone the 2020 election is nothing less than the opening act of a coup. The aim is not to actually delay the vote, as only Congress has that authority. Rather, this move is aimed at undermining confidence in the...
Doordarshan Must Not Be Used As A Political Tool Of BJP
By Binoy Viswam In the advancement of ultra-right politics propaganda plays a crucial role. The history of fascism has paraded innumerable instances of it. The Indian face of fascism represented by RSS controlled BJP has excelled the art in a comparatively short span of time. They believe that...
New Education Policy Suffers from ‘Back Focus Error’
By Gyan Pathak ‘Education is that which liberates’, says the core Indian philosophy of education in Sanskrit, and the ‘basic purpose of education is to make the mind creative and analytical’ says the Greek philosopher Plato. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in place of focusing on such...
Narendra Modi’s New Education Policy Has RSS Footprint
By Sushil Kutty The Modi Government’s new National Education Policy (NEP) for the children and youth of India is dressed in RSS khaki with shades of the intent of a multitude of saffron organizations hued into it. Don’t be surprised if India becomes ‘Bharat’ in more ways than...
Governors Acting As Pawns In BJP’s Power Game Against Opposition
By Arun Srivastava What has been happening in West Bengal and Rajasthan makes it crystal clear that the institution of Governor has lost its sanctity as the governors instead of relying on their own conscience and applying their mind were acting according to the briefs handed over...
