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New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

“The development of India may require mining, but are we (the Adivasis) not a part of india? We don’t even know wh...

Rise In Infrastructure Projects In Protected Areas: A Self-Defeating Goal For Development

Infrastructure is considered the backbone of any economy. The impetus on infrastructure sector becomes much more in a g...

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Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The Modi government’s accounting jugglery and gaslighting are legendary. Yet, here is one more instance, which is a wor...

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Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government shou...

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बक्सवाहा हीरा खनन परियोजना की हकीकत और संभावनाएं | भाग 3

राष्ट्रीय खनिज विकास निगम द्वारा पन्ना में पिछले 60 वर्षों से खनन के बावजूद पन्ना जिले का बेहतर बुनियादी सुविधाओं से द...

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हीरा खनन परियोजना से पन्ना जिले का विकास कहां पहुंचा | भाग 1

बक्सवाहा के जंगल के नीचे हीरे पाए जाने की खोज जबसे रियो टिंटो कंपनी ने की है, तब से बक्सवाहा क्षेत्र के भौतिकवादी विकास ...

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Book Review: How Mindless Decisions Since 2014 Worsened the Abject Economy We Inherited

It is nearly settled that the Union Budget presented early in February 2022 is clueless of the realities and apart...

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Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai. Photo courtesy: Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr “Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, and it sha...

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बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

बुन्देलखण्ड भारत या किसी राज्य का टुकड़ा नहीं है, यह संस्कृति है और यह सभ्यता भी है। ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई इस बात को जानता ...

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Whither Coal?

The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification on June 18, 2020, officially launched the process of auctioning...

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April 21, 2022

Nikita Chatterjee

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

“The development of India may require mining, but are we (the Adivasis) not a part of india? We don’t even know who has the mine, or how they acquired it.” -Indu Netam, the convenor of Adivasi Jan Van Adhikar Manch and a member of Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) Understandin...

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April 14, 2022

Nishank

Rise In Infrastructure Projects In Protected Areas: A Self-Defeating Goal For Development

Infrastructure is considered the backbone of any economy. The impetus on infrastructure sector becomes much more in a growing economy, with the government terming investment in infrastructure “quintessential” to boost growth as highlighted in Economic Survey 2020-21. This can also be observed in se...

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April 5, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The Modi government’s accounting jugglery and gaslighting are legendary. Yet, here is one more instance, which is a work-in-progress, and threatens to further damage the society and the economy. We are talking about the caste-based payment system in the Centrally sponsored rural job guarantee schem...

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June 21, 2022

Hariprasad V M

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible alternatives that balance costs and benefits and have fewer impacts. Big infrastructure projects are usually placed in the brackets of ‘development’ and are mo...

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February 24, 2022

Ankit Mishra

बक्सवाहा हीरा खनन परियोजना की हकीकत और संभावनाएं | भाग 3

राष्ट्रीय खनिज विकास निगम द्वारा पन्ना में पिछले 60 वर्षों से खनन के बावजूद पन्ना जिले का बेहतर बुनियादी सुविधाओं से दूर होना तथा बक्सवाहा बंदर डायमंड प्रोजेक्ट से ऑस्ट्रेलियाई बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनी रियो टिंटो के हटने के बाद, जब एस्सेल माइनिंग एंड इंडस्ट्री लिमिटेड खनन करेंगी तब हम बक्सवा...

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February 24, 2022

Ankit Mishra

हीरा खनन परियोजना से पन्ना जिले का विकास कहां पहुंचा | भाग 1

बक्सवाहा के जंगल के नीचे हीरे पाए जाने की खोज जबसे रियो टिंटो कंपनी ने की है, तब से बक्सवाहा क्षेत्र के भौतिकवादी विकास और रोजगार के अवसरों की चर्चा जोरों पर है, स्थानीय लोगों की अपनी अलग – अलग सोच और विकास के मापदण्ड है और शहरी लोगो ने कोरोना काल में ऑक्सीजन का जो संकट झेला है, भले ही प्राण...

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February 22, 2022

Joe Athialy

Book Review: How Mindless Decisions Since 2014 Worsened the Abject Economy We Inherited

It is nearly settled that the Union Budget presented early in February 2022 is clueless of the realities and apart from showing a mirage of amrit kaal (an auspicious time to begin new work) it does nothing to address the present realities. But what are the present realities...

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December 22, 2021

Anirban Bhattacharya

Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai. Photo courtesy: Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr “Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, and it shall also be its grave!” said Gabriel Boric, a young student leader from the radical fold who was forged in the protests that has rocked Chile in recent years. The Chileans just elec...

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June 10, 2021

Shivasheesh Tiwari

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

बुन्देलखण्ड भारत या किसी राज्य का टुकड़ा नहीं है, यह संस्कृति है और यह सभ्यता भी है। ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई इस बात को जानता नहीं है। जानते तो हैं, पर मानने में अभी दिक्कत हो रही है। अब डर इस बात का है कि कहीं यह दिक्कत समाप्त न हो जाए क्योंकि जिस दिन दिक्कत खत्म हो जाएगी, उसी दिन बुन्देलखण्ड खत्म हो जाए...

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August 20, 2021

Nikhil Varghese Mathew

Whither Coal?

The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification on June 18, 2020, officially launched the process of auctioning coal mines, thus opening up the Indian coal mining sector to commercial operations by the private industry. The stated aim, according to the Government of India (GoI), of the move...

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New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

Rise In Infrastructure Projects In Protected Areas: A Self-Defeating Goal For Development

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

बक्सवाहा हीरा खनन परियोजना की हकीकत और संभावनाएं | भाग 3

हीरा खनन परियोजना से पन्ना जिले का विकास कहां पहुंचा | भाग 1

Book Review: How Mindless Decisions Since 2014 Worsened the Abject Economy We Inherited

Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

Whither Coal?

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

Rise In Infrastructure Projects In Protected Areas: A Self-Defeating Goal For Development

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

बक्सवाहा हीरा खनन परियोजना की हकीकत और संभावनाएं | भाग 3

हीरा खनन परियोजना से पन्ना जिले का विकास कहां पहुंचा | भाग 1

Book Review: How Mindless Decisions Since 2014 Worsened the Abject Economy We Inherited

Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

Whither Coal?