Indian Parliament
Marine Fishing Bill 2021: Tamil Nadu fishermen remain firmly opposed
August 3, 2021
Fisherfolk across the country have come out in strong protest against the Marine Fisheries Bill 2021, scheduled to be tabled in the ongoing session of Parliament. The fishermen attack the bill not just for the content, which threatens to deprive them of their livelihood, but they...
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Budget 2019 highlights
July 6, 2019
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her first Union budget in the Parliament on July 5 lays out the roadmap for growth to a USD 5 trillion economy. Nirmala Sitharaman who became the first full time woman finance minister of India presented her maiden annual budget on July 5. A...
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India’s caste equations
August 27, 2018
Over 70 years after independence, there is a strange race amongst India’s multitude of castes and sub-castes to be declared a backward community, in order to gain preference in jobs and education. In the world’s fastest growing economy, this is a troubling sign of the ground ...
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Can the tiger tame the dragon?
August 18, 2017
Can India afford an economic boycott of China in view of the current stalemate in Doklam?
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A defining moment for Hindutva politics
July 25, 2017
With the inauguration of the 14th presidency, the story of the Indian Republic takes an interesting turn for several reasons.
Read MoreUnion Budget 2017: Measures to strengthen digital economy
February 2, 2017
In a bid to give a push to the digital economy of India and weed-out corruption and black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a number of announcements in his Budget 2017 presentation.
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BRICS 2016 Summit sees modest results
October 18, 2016
The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit, organised this weekend in Goa, India, has not recorded any significant results in order to develop the political and economic cohesion of this group of countries that is still very disparate and often having diver...
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Indian Budget 2016
February 29, 2016
The 2016 Indian Budget, presented on Monday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is first focused on a rural economy that still needs some boosting. It aims also at further reforms to accelerate investments, while keeping the public deficit at 3.5% of the Gross Domestic Product. And...
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