CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 21THE indictment filed in a United States court by the Department of Justice against Gautam Adani and six others contain serious charges of Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani being involved in paying bribes to Indian government officials at the centre and states level.  The indictment states that Rs 2,029 crores was offered or promised to Indian government officials to get state electricity distribution companies to execute power sale agreements for the supply of solar power. The case has come up in t

WHAT can you possibly call it when history repeats itself many times over, way beyond tragedy and farce? That old horror story, India’s efforts at “urgent” procurement of fighter aircraft to make up for depleting of fleet strength, is set to start all over again. Authoritative sources have been telling various media outlets that the government will “soon” issue a Request for Proposal (RfP), in other words a tender, for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) valued at an estimated $20 billion (INR 1 lakh forty thousand crore) to be manufactured in India.

IT is common for governments these days to provide fiscal transfers to capitalists, whether through reduced corporate tax rates, or by providing direct cash subsidies, to encourage greater investment by them and thereby stimulate the economy. During Donald Trump’s first presidency there had been a cut in corporate tax rate with this objective in mind. In India the Modi government, as is well-known, has given massive tax concessions with the same objective.

“NINETY days have passed since August 9. Ninety days of rage, ninety days of resilience. Ninety days since the brutal rape and murder of Dr Abhaya-Tilottama at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ignited a fire in our hearts. For ninety days, we've demanded justice, rising against the tide of lawlessness engulfing our state. We've amplified the voices of women and marginalised genders, victims of relentless violence. We've battled a crumbling healthcare system and the pervasive insecurity that plagues our workplaces. We've resisted the calculated destruction of our education system.

TRUMP’s victory in the US Presidential election conforms to a pattern presently observable across the world, namely a collapse of the liberal centre and a growth in support either for the Left, or for the extreme Right, the neo-fascists, in situations in which the Left is absent or weak.