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The Labour Codes serve Capital

What better time to bring into effect the Labour Codes than right after a thumping victory in the Bihar elections. Bihar...

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Wayanad relief: Why India needs climate-sensitive banking now more than ever

With assets wiped out, crops lost and livelihoods ruined, disaster-hit families desperately need new loans or relief fro...

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Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs

The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives and lands, have achieved a sig...

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The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Excerpt from Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy By Louise Tillin, published in 202...

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Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit

We are in the midst of major changing times in recent history; internationally, domestically in general and the Indian b...

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A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was...

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बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

बिहार की राजनीति में अपराध, जाति और सत्ता का त्रिकोण लंबे समय से निर्णायक भूमिका निभाता आया है।जंगल राज’ शब्द का पहली बा...

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मीठा कफ सिरप का जहरीला कारोबार

मध्यप्रदेश में जहरीले कफ सिरप से मरने वाले बच्चों की संख्या 16 हो गया है। हाल ही में राजस्थान के भरतपुर और सीकर ज़िले मे...

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Civil society leaders urge RBI and banks to provide loan relief amid 2025 monsoon disaster losses

More than 100 civil society organisations and individuals — including Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan, Shaktiman...

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December 8, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

The Labour Codes serve Capital

What better time to bring into effect the Labour Codes than right after a thumping victory in the Bihar elections. Bihar, a labour-sending state, saw out-migration, “palayan” of youth, lack of employment opportunities and low wages emerge as major issues in the run up to the elections. Yet, when a t...

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January 14, 2026

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November 28, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya & Amitanshu Verma

Wayanad relief: Why India needs climate-sensitive banking now more than ever

With assets wiped out, crops lost and livelihoods ruined, disaster-hit families desperately need new loans or relief from existing debts. A landslide-devastated house at Mepaddi in Wayanad| PTI | The Federal The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives and...

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November 21, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya & Amitanshu Verma

Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs

The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives and lands, have achieved a significant victory at the Kerala high court in their battle for loan relief. A bench headed by justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Jobin Sebastian rapped the union government for wh...

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November 13, 2025

Louise Tillin

The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Excerpt from Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy By Louise Tillin, published in 2025 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. The struggles of workers, employers, and the state to construct welfare regimes that reduce the dependency of workers on the extrem...

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November 12, 2025

Sanjeev Chandorkar

Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit

We are in the midst of major changing times in recent history; internationally, domestically in general and the Indian banking system in particular. First time after independence, Indian banks are being sold to foreign capital, Lakshmi Vilas to DBS and Yes Bank to Sumitomo. IDBI bank is next. Few pu...

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November 10, 2025

Devidas Tuljapurakar

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was followed by another debt relief program in 2019 for an amount of ₹20,497 crore. In the 2024 elections, almost all major political parties included an agriculture debt relief schem...

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November 10, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

बिहार की राजनीति में अपराध, जाति और सत्ता का त्रिकोण लंबे समय से निर्णायक भूमिका निभाता आया है।जंगल राज’ शब्द का पहली बार प्रयोग 1997 में हुआ था, और उसका संदर्भ आज के राजनीतिक अर्थ से बिल्कुल अलग था। उस समय चारा घोटाले में फंसे लालू प्रसाद यादव ने मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफा दिया था और राबड़ी देवी ने ...

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October 9, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

मीठा कफ सिरप का जहरीला कारोबार

मध्यप्रदेश में जहरीले कफ सिरप से मरने वाले बच्चों की संख्या 16 हो गया है। हाल ही में राजस्थान के भरतपुर और सीकर ज़िले में भी बच्चों को कप सिरप पिलाने से मौत हुई है। बच्चों को दिए गए सिरप में डाय- एथिलीन ग्लाइकोल (डीईजी) एवं एथिलीन ग्लाइकोल (ईजी) जैसे कूलेंट(ठंडा रखने वाला तरल पदार्थ) के लिए उपयोग हो...

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September 17, 2025

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Civil society leaders urge RBI and banks to provide loan relief amid 2025 monsoon disaster losses

More than 100 civil society organisations and individuals — including Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan, Shaktiman Ghosh of the National Hawkers Federation, Thomas Franco, former General Secretary of the All India Bank Officers Confederation, and environmentalists Soumya Dutta, Ravi Chopra, Di...

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The Labour Codes serve Capital

INEQUALITY ALERT

Wayanad relief: Why India needs climate-sensitive banking now more than ever

Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs

The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

मीठा कफ सिरप का जहरीला कारोबार

Civil society leaders urge RBI and banks to provide loan relief amid 2025 monsoon disaster losses

The Labour Codes serve Capital

INEQUALITY ALERT

Wayanad relief: Why India needs climate-sensitive banking now more than ever

Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs

The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

मीठा कफ सिरप का जहरीला कारोबार

Civil society leaders urge RBI and banks to provide loan relief amid 2025 monsoon disaster losses