AN ANTI-PEOPLE REGIMEN The 2018-19 budget of the Narendra Modi government has been touted as catering to interests of farmers, rural workers, women, Dalits and small businesses but nothing can be farther from truth. A strikingly paradoxical feature of this budget is the announcement of new schemes for farmers and poor accompanied with a […]
Moody’s Upgrades India’s Sovereign Rating: What Does it Really Mean? Neeraj Jain On November 17, 2017, international rating agency Moody’s on Friday upgraded India’s sovereign bond rating by two notches to Baa2 Stable from its lowest investment grade Baa3 Positive. This was the first ratings upgrade by Moody’s for India since 2004. Let us […]
DEMONETISATION: A PLOY TO RETAIN POWER BY CONFUSING CITIZENS WITH GRIM CONSEQUENCES FOR INDIA Although some people, including one of the authors of this article, had been advocating withdrawal of bigger denomination notes for quite some time, the intent was different from what the Narendra Modi government is doing now. It was believed that, in […]
Demonetization: The Politics of Public Suffering Prem Singh There have been various and repeated references to the suffering of the public caused by the decision of demonetization by the government. The suffering of the ordinary people due to this astounding decision has been criticized even by the High Court and Supreme Court. Around 100 people […]
RAJINDAR SACHAR Chief Justice (Retd.) High Court of Delhi, New Delhi Ex Chairperson Prime Minister’s High Level Committee On Status of Muslims UN Special Rapporteur on Housing Ex Member, U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Former President, Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) India Dated : 09/12/2016 MR. RAJINDAR SACHAR FORMER […]
WHY DOESN’T NARENDRA MODI PLACE A LIMIT ON MAXIMUM INCOME? If the purpose of withdrawing bigger denomination notes of Rs. 500 and 1000 was to make it difficult for people to store and use black money why have new big denomination notes of Rs. 500 and 2000 been reintroduced? The idea of withdrawal of big […]
नरेन्द्र मोदी अधिकतम आय की सीमा क्यों नहीं तय करते? यदि रु. 500 और 1000 के नोटों को वापस लेने के निर्णय का मुख्य उद्देष्य काले धन पर अंकुष लगाना था तो पुनः उतने ही बड़े रु. 500 और 2000 के नोटों को बाजार में लाने का उद्देष्य समझ में नहीं आया? बड़े नोटों को […]
संकटग्रस्त सरकार को उबारने हेतु उठाया गया कदम नरेन्द्र मोदी द्वारा अचानक रु. 500 व 1000 के नोटों का चलन बंद करने का कदम सराहनीय जरूर है लेकिन एक संकटग्रस्त सरकार को बचाने के लिए उठाया गया ज्यादा प्रतीत होता है। उड़ी आतंकी हमले के बाद बढ़ा-चढ़ा कर बताए गए सर्जिकल धावे, जिससे ऐसा आभास […]
A MOVE TO BAIL OUT GOVERNMENT? The sudden decision to withdraw Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes, no doubt a laudable one, appears to have been taken to bail out a beleaguered government. The much touted surgical strike in response to the Uri terrorist attack has failed to arrest attacks by Pakistan on our […]
