THE political scenario in the state of Tamil Nadu is, not surprisingly, seeing heightened activity as the dates of the elections to the Legislative Assembly approach. In its meeting in Pudukkottai held on December 2 and 3, 2025, the Tamil Nadu State Committee of the CPI(M) reviewed the political situation in the state. The draft document placed before the State Committee recalled the direction given by the political resolution of the 24th Party...
SINCE even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India’s GDP estimates, the precise budget figures based on the assumptions of a certain level, and growth rate, in nominal GDP, mean very little; in fact, the current budget, while announcing several tax measures, has not even bothered to give estimates of how much revenue loss or gain they would cause. Nonetheless, from the budget figures one can get a sense of the strategic direction...
THE Budget presented by the Finance Minister has made a number of claims. But true to the Modi Government’s vision of the economy, it believes that once finances are made available, the Indian business community will do the rest. In other words, the animal spirits of capital are enough to propel our dream of a Viksit Bharat. The reality is very different. The animal spirits of capital are for making profits, wherever and however it...
THE finance minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman presents her ninth budget for the financial year 2026-27 with an estimated GDP of the economy pegged at Rs 393 lakh crores, 10 per cent higher than the GDP of Rs 357 lakh crores estimated for the current financial year. Before the budget, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the First Advance Estimate of GDP for the year 2025-26 on January 7, 2026 and the...
TO grow up in Vengara, a quiet geography in the Malappuram district of Kerala, is to witness the paradoxical nature of global capitalism from the front row. I do not write this from the perspective of an expatriate family; my own lineage remained rooted in the soil of Malabar. Yet, as an observer born into this historic cradle of Gulf migration, I have...
AN age-old evil that haunts Indian society, a decade long and partial move to ameliorate some of its effects in higher education, a new set of regulations and a fierce, almost orchestrated reaction amplified by the media – and bang! – the move was scuttled and any thought about it pushed down the road. This is the summary of the two-week journey of new UGC regulations that sought to tackle caste discrimination in higher education institutions....
The announcement of a trade deal between the US and India has generated euphoria in the corporate media. But this is completely misplaced as the details of the agreement are not yet available. It is only when the full scope and details of the trade deal are available, one can make a proper assessment. However, the announcement made by the US President Donald Trump on his social media posts states that Indian goods imports will face a 18 per cent tariff, while India reduces tariffs...
The Union Budget for 2026–27, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on February 1, favours corporates and big capital at the expense of the working class people of the country. Mass organisations such as the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU) have flayed the Budget and have given protest calls against it.
FOR the first time in the history of independent Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami believes that a genuine possibility of victory has opened up before it. Even if it does not win outright, it is set to emerge as a powerful opposition force. On February 12, Bangladesh will go to the polls for a general election. It is the world’s eighth most populous (175.7 million) country and home to the fourth-largest Muslim population. This is the first election...
A mammoth open rally was held on the occasion of 23rd Central Conference of Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad in Agartala. Leaders of the Ganamukti Parishad and the Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) gave a clarion call to revive the organisation to its original shape, protect ethnic and religious amity, fight a determined battle in the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC)...
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