How the ‘Idea of India’ became corrupt and how to reclaim it
The Narendra Modi government has failed India on economic, cultural and socio-psychological fronts and it needs to change its course now.
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The Parsa Kete MDO: Coal loot in the service of Crony Capitalism!
The whole murky scam is hidden in this contract, as the average quality of coal used in government and private power plants in Chhattisgarh and other parts of the country is 3400 calories per kg. Private industries of Chhattisgarh take quality coal up to 2200 cal from SECL.
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Renewables aren’t Sustainable
We often see only two options; Fossil fuels or renewable energy and see it as a complete black and white situation with one side being a green and prepossessing planet and the other being an inhabitable hell hole, we think that solar, wind, and hydro energy are a hundred percent environment friendly while they’re really not.
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Age of the consumer cases in Consumer Courts: A question mark on the functioning of consumer forums in India
The pending preposition of the Indian consumer cases is highly skewed in Maharastra, Delhi, UP, Rajasthan, and Tamilnadu but in other states also except North-East is operational on a similar footing.
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Capitalism is destroying our planet!
All of our plans to encounter climate change like ‘Carbon Neutral by 2050’ require long-term planning but capitalism is a system that completely blocks it from happening because we can’t just decrease profit or the entire system will crash down and bring another recession which will destroy millions of lives but more importantly decrease the net worth of billionaires.
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Capital Account Convertibility: Are you missing woods for the trees?
We all know that INR is a partially convertible currency which can be exchanged at market rates in certain cases and so is the case with new international trade settlement in INR and making it fully convertible currency would mean increased liquidity in financial markets, improved employment and business opportunities, and easy access to capital. Sounds good!
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World Environment Day: Climate Change Is Not Our Fault!
Why would an oil company spend billions of dollars spreading the idea of carbon footprint and awareness about climate change when it is actually going to suffer a loss from it?
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The Legacy and Future of Universal Basic Income
Modi Government, being expert, must stop biting off more than it can chew, and, therefore, implement social reforms one by one and guaranteed income should not go cold turkey and employment schemes like MGNREGA must notch up the victory.
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Silger: 390 days of a tribal agitation against militarisation and corporate loot
After this massacre, the Congress party sent a delegation to Silger, but its report has not come to the fore till date. The public representatives of BJP also visited there and kept silent. Under the pressure of public outrage, the government had to announce a magisterial inquiry as well, but even after a year there is no trace of its investigation.
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On Lobbying and Populist Judiciary
A recent study showed that Indian Supreme Court is not being cited in USA, Canada, or UK but their Supreme Court decisions are copiously being fitted in Supreme Court of India decisions.
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