THE BJP acquired Rs 614.52 crore in 2021-22 alone through donations from corporates, individuals, and illegal trusts, none of which were approved by the Election Commission. This sum is in addition to the thousands of crores acquired through electoral bonds. However, in the documents submitted by the BJP to the Election Commission on November 7, 2022, the PAN numbers and addresses of many donors were missing.
THE government and the media often discuss the initiatives of Make in India and atma nirbhar (self-reliance), but what are the actual plans? Are we making progress towards these goals or regressing? There are several factors to consider, so let's focus on the example of fuel. In the fiscal year 2014-15, when the Modi government came into power, the dependency on imported fuel was 78.4 per cent. By 2019-20, it had increased to 85 per cent. If we delve into the details, we can observe a year-by-year increase in imports.
THE 18th General Election in 2024 is a challenge before all secular democratic forces in the country, and at the same time an opportunity to dislodge the nightmarish regime of violence, fear, hunger and unemployment unleashed by the BJP-RSS government in the last ten years.
Below we publish the statement issued by the All India Kisan Sabha on March 28, 2024IT has now come to light that the BJP government led by Narendra Modi has deliberately withheld over Rs 852.29 crores of paddy procurement dues to Kerala dating back to the five years preceding 2020-21. Another Rs 756.25 crore is also outstanding for paddy procured bringing the total to a whopping Rs 1,608.54 crores. In the meantime the BJP in Kerala citing non-payment of paddy dues organised violent protests with the opposition also upping the ante against the LDF led state government.
THE All-India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU), in a statement issued on March 28, has strongly condemned the ministry of rural development's notification regarding state-wise wage rates for unskilled manual workers. The proposed increase in wages for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is minimal and does not align with the core objectives of the MGNREGA.