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By K R Sudhaman The budget 2023-24 presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 has done some good in ensuring that Indian economy remained stable with macro-economic fundamentals continuing to be strengthened but it failed to bring about out of the box reforms to push...
Will Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Gains Translate Into Electoral Impact?
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Bharat Jodo Yatra has presented the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a new mass leader, and the main challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024. Rahul’s Yatra emulated a tradition by past political leaders of traversing the rural heartland on foot, including the...
Budgetary Allocations Insufficient In View Of India’s Digital Outreach
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Union Budget for 2023-24 is the first budget of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government describes as Amrit Kaal, the period between the 75th and 100th anniversary of India’s independence when the country will take rapid strides to modernize itself. A major component of...
Israel Government Is Threatening To Turn Iran Into Another Ukraine
By Branko Marcetic Over the weekend, a militaristic power that’s spent a long time saber-rattling against and meddling in its neighbour’s affairs violated its territorial integrity and bombed the country. No, not Russia. In this case, I’m referring to Israel’s Sunday drone strike on Iran. The incident is the...
Union Budget 2023-24 Betrays India’s Workforce Once Again
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 betrays India’s workforce though it sings its song of achievement under Modi rule since 2014 and eulogizing its “Big Tent accommodating all”. In contrast this “Big Tent” is too small to accommodate the majority of the workforce. The budget tried to create...
Poor Allocation To Health In The Budget Will Have Serious Implications
By Dr Arun Mitra Much was expected from the budget presented by the Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 2023. As this was the last budget of the present government before the upcoming elections to the parliament next year, people had high hopes of relief in various...
MGNREGA Outlay Cut In 2023-24 Budget Brings Bad Days For Rural Poor
By Sushil Kutty The day after, and Budget 23-24 stands out in stark relief, warts and all. February 1, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the picture of animated tranquillity when she read out Budget 2023-24 dressed in red, both the minister as well as the country’s ‘bahi-khata’. She...
Investigation Into The Entire Business Activities Of Adani Group Is Imperative
By P. Sudhir A small US investor firm has challenged the Indian behemoth, the Adani group, and shaken it to its foundations. The Hindenburg Research, a short selling firm, brought out a 129-page report on the Adani group marshalling evidence of all the funding operations and offshore activities of...
Mahatma’s Assassination Day Is A Reminder To The Need For Defeating Communal Forces
By Krishna Jha Mahatma Gandhi was shot by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948, when he was coming to his prayer meeting and had succumbed to the bullets. The killing itself was an expression of the ultimate fear, a fear of getting uprooted from the mass consciousness. The very...
Kerala Records Highest GDP Growth At 12.01 Per Cent In 2021-22, Best Since 2013
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s economy posted a strong recovery in 2021-22. Growth rate of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), at constant (2011-12) prices increased from (-) 8.43 percent in 2020-21(P) to 12.01 per cent in 2021-22(Q).This is the fastest growth since 2012-13. Indian economy grew by 8.7percent in...
Remembering The Turn Around Of The Battle At Stalingrad 80 Years Ago
By John Ellison Eighty years ago, on February 2 1943, the Soviet Union’s sustained defence of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), ended with the surrender of 91,000 soldiers of the German 6th Army under General von Paulus. The battle for the city had raged since the previous September....
More And More American Congressmen Demanding End Of Economic Blockade Against Cuba
By Jacob Buckner Cuba is a terrorist state—at least in the opinion of the U.S. Department of State. In 1982, President Ronald Regan added Cuba to the U.S. roster of countries that supposedly promote international terrorism. That designation, stamped on Cuba in the midst of the Cold War, imposed...
2023-24 Budget Provides Big Boost For Industry, Tourism
By Nantoo Banerjee The massive boost in infrastructure spending proposed in the 2023-24 budget is expected to be the biggest growth driver of the county’s economy with several sectors such as steel, coal, power, engineering, automobile and banking are expected to do well. The infrastructure spending along with the...
Union Budget 2023-24 Is Not Fair To The Vulnerable Sections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “The fundamentals of the Indian Economy are sound as it enters its Amrit Kaal, the 25-year journey towards its centenary as a modern, independent nation. Policies pursued carefully and consciously to ensure …” was of course noisy and highly opinionated statement of the Economic Survey...
Last Full Budget Before 2024 Polls Has Potential To Help BJP In Its Campaign
By Sushil Kutty What does the 2023-24 budget mean for the BJP in fighting the coming polls, including the nine in 2023, and the one in 2024? A simple question, with a simple answer: Budget 2023-24 has been drafted as a saviour! The BJP wants to win as many...
Relatively Favourable Conditions Help Finance Minister Go For A Capex Boost
By K Raveendran Increased tax collections in view of a post-Covid pickup in the economy, easing of commodity prices as part of a global trend and lower subsidies on account of a reduction in food and fertilizer subsidy, apart from the withdrawal of Covid-related reliefs have given finance minister...
In The ‘Giveaway’ 2023-24 Budget, Nirmala Is Depending To Much On Good Luck
By Anjan Roy In the background of an economic calamity like the liquidation of the market valuation of Adani Group, the union budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 is almost like the “kalpabhriksha” of Indian mythology. Whatever you ask for from the mythological tree, your wish is...
Bitter Factionalism And Caste Rivalry Affect BJP Prospects In Karnataka
By Arun Srivastava BJP Chanakya, Amit Shah’s permeating focus on Karnataka and his frequent visits to the state just three months ahead of the assembly elections underscore the political implication of winning the electoral battle for the Modi government. The defeat of the Karnataka BJP government will prove to...
