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CENTRE’S MONETISATION OF PUBLIC ASSETS PROGRAMME IS A BIG BETRAYAL

NARENDRA MODI TALKS OF ATMANIRBHARTA BUT SABOTAGES SELF-RELIANCE
Dr. Soma Marla - 2021-08-27 09:30
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement on monetization of public assets worth Rs 6 lakh crore starting from roads, railways to powerlines to private parties is aimed to defeat nationally cherished independent economic development. Madrush to privatize public sector enterprises is part of the neo liberal reforms pursued by present regime. Built through decades the planned self sufficient economic projects, investing limited but much precious public capital with the help of indigenous scientific and technological achievements, is the result of long struggles waged by working people against the economic tyranny of past colonizers and current imperialism.

PASSING OF PRO-PEOPLE $3.5 TRILLION BUDGET BY U.S. HOUSE IS A BIG WIN FOR SANDERS

AMERICAN LEFT HAS REASONS FOR REJOICE BUT WHAT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY
Nitya Chakraborty - 2021-08-26 10:09
The American Left led by Bernie Sanders won a big victory early this week as the U.S. House of Representatives approved the $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget plan opening the way of bringing about radical changes in the living standards of the common masses. In terms of the spread of the programmes, many experts have termed the Plan more ambitious than Roosevelt’s New Deal of 1930s.

ROW OVER MALABAR REBELLION LEADERS’ EXCLUSION FROM ICHR BOOK

DECISION PART OF ATTEMPT TO SAFFRONISE INDIAN HISTORY
P. Sreekumaran - 2021-08-26 09:54
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A flaming row has erupted over the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)’s decision to remove the names of the people associated with the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 from the dictionary of martyrs of the Independence struggle .As per the decision, Rebellion leaders Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji, Ali Musliyar and 387 other ‘Moplah martyrs’ will be removed from the dictionary.

SENIOR RSS LEADER SHIVPRAKASH DOUBTS HINDUTVA AS THE MAIN ELECTORAL PLOY

THE ISSUE MAY RAGE DEBATE IN SANGH PARIVAR AS THE STATE POLLS NEAR
Arun Srivastava - 2021-08-26 09:49
The realisation that attempts to polarise electorate on basis of Hindutva and religion didn’t work in secular Bengal has finally descended on the BJP leaders, but this is coming after four months of the assembly election and has given rise to scepticism.

AFGHAN WOMEN ARE GOING TO BE WORST SUFFERERS IN THE NEW TALIBAN REGIME

HOPES OF SOME EXPANSION OF GUIDED DEMOCRACY IN THE TRIBAL NATION LIE DASHED
Anjan Roy - 2021-08-26 09:45
A top ranking US diplomat had observed in a security conference in Qatar years back, where this correspondent was privileged to be a participant, that “a country is known by the sport it plays”.

VIOLENCE AGAINST MUSLIMS IS A DISTURBING PATTERN IN MANY STATES IN THE COUNTRY

TALIBAN TAKE OVER IN KABUL IS BEING UTILISED BY SOME HINDUTVA GROUPS
Prakash Karat - 2021-08-26 09:42
The everyday violence against Muslims is showing a disturbing pattern. In the month of August, there have been at least four recorded cases of gratuitous violence against Muslims in the streets of some cities and small towns in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The targets of such attacks were poor Muslims such as street vendors, auto rickshaw drivers and even beggars.

STOP THIS MASSIVE SELL-OUT OF NATIONAL ASSETS OF THE COUNTRY

MODI’S MONETISATION PLAN IS NOTHING BUT HANDING OVER PUBLIC WEALTH TO BIG BUSINESS
Prof. C P Chandrasekhar - 2021-08-26 09:36
Camouflaged in jargon that speaks of ‘monetisation of de-risked assets’, the BJP-led NDA government has announced its plan to sell out India’s public sector. In that plan, assets ranging from roads, ports, airports and railway track and stations, through fuel pipelines, telecom towers, optical fibre cabling, warehouses, and stadia, are to be handed over to big private investors in return for upfront or staggered payments of around Rs 6 lakh crore over a four year period ending financial year 2025. That sum, the government promises, would be used to create new infrastructural facilities.