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K Raveendran

By K Raveendran Having been confirmed as the finance minister in the Modi 3:0 cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman is more pressed for time compared to her other colleagues as the budget of the new government is hardly a month away. And her budget-making this time is more complex as she has to accommodate the compulsions of […]

The post Coalition Dynamics Adds New Compulsion To Sitharaman’s Budget-Making first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Fuel consumers would do well to be ready to loosen their purse strings and face the post-election nuanced reality after they enjoyed a Rs 2 per litre cut in prices before the Lok Sabha elections. There has been a pattern in the price behaviour during and after every election. The most curious […]

The post With Elections Behind Us, It’s Time For ‘Market Forces’ To Take Control Of Fuel Prices first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran It may be time for an Anna Hazare-type agitation to reclaim the integrity and independence of the Election Commission, completely compromised by the incumbent commission like never before. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is no T N Seshan, who proved that the Election Commission had enough powers not to let anyone interfere […]

The post It May Be Time For An Anna Hazare-Type Agitation To Reclaim Election Panel’s Integrity first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The credibility and trustworthiness of the Election Commission of India (ECI) have hit a new low in the current Lok Sabha elections and the situation has come to such a pass that it cannot be retrieved without certain cataclysmic changes in the system. India’s election commission had won the world’s admiration for […]

The post Election Commission’s Credibility Touches The Lowest Level In Its Long History first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran In asserting his ‘indestructability’, Narendra Modi has taken a leaf out of the books of Arab rulers, who assiduously promote the idea that rulers are God’s representatives on Earth. This belief has been historically used by Arab monarchs to legitimize their rule and suppress dissent. In what is seen as a most […]

The post Finally, A Taste Of American-Style Direct Debate Between Modi And Rahul Gandhi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Election Commission of India (ECI) has wielded its regulatory wand, imposing a ban on exit polls between April 19 and June 1. During this period, media outlets are forbidden from publishing predictions or survey results. The rationale behind this prohibition is clear: to prevent undue influence on voters during the crucial […]

The post Opinion Poll Ban Is No Deterrent For Politicians To Claim Round-Wise Tally Of Seats first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court decision to declare the arrest of Prabir Purkayastha, founder of news website NewsClick as illegal has reignited the debate on the delicate balance between national security concerns and individual liberty. While Purkayastha’s release is a positive development, the court’s reasoning raises questions about the potential for continued arbitrary arrests […]

The post Purkayastha Arrest: There Is More Than Technicalities At Stake first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran In granting interim relief to Kejriwal, the Supreme Court has shown the willingness to go beyond technicalities and take a ‘political’ stand against what has been widely seen as a political arrest by the Modi government. The decision by the bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will be remembered for […]

The post Supreme Court Takes A ‘Political’ Decision As Response To A Political Wrongdoing first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises the shrillness of his attack on Rahul Gandhi, aligning with a new phase of BJP’s identity politics, he is doing the Gandhi scion a great favour. Modi, on his part, seems to have settled the issue of the prime ministerial face of the opposition INDIA […]

The post Rahul Gandhi Gets A Morale Boosting Endorsement From A Most Unexpected Quarter first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court’s probing questions about the timing of arrests by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of political figures spotlight growing concerns about the propriety and implications of such actions, especially when juxtaposed with the electoral calendar. The apex court’s concerns telescope the potential misuse of central agencies as instruments of political influence, […]

The post Agencies Struggling To Camouflage Mischief In Election-Eve Political Arrests first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Election Commission has forfeited all claims to be the national guardian of constitutional democracy by soft pedalling on the complaints against alleged hate speech by prime minister Narendra Modi in what the whole country was watching as a litmus test for the independence and integrity of the poll body. As was […]

The post Election Commission Of India Degrades Itself To Modi’s Own Commission first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran For the sake of record, the Election Commission has said that it is examining the complaint made against the speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Rajasthan where he had said that if Congress is elected to power at the Centre, it would mean redistribution of people’s property, […]

The post Election Commission Has A Dismal Record On Acting Against Modi’s Breaches Of Poll Code first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran A sudden spike in the oil price in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory missile attack on Iran seemed to have upset the calculations of a relative stability in the crude oil market, but the unexpected development, both in terms of the retaliation and its market impact, appears to have been contained without […]

The post Oil Market Nerves Calmed After Israeli Retaliation Pushes Prices To Weekly Peak first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The BJP’s 2019 manifesto had envisaged Indian economy hitting the $5 trillion mark, an audacious goal, that was to be achieved on the strengths of tax reforms, infrastructure development, and job creation. As the nation approaches the deadline, the party has moved the goal posts further ahead, now promising to achieve the […]

The post $5-Trillon Target Missed, Goal Post Shifted By Another Parliament Term first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The stage is again set for the great deception game. With oil already on the boil, there is a task on the hands of the Modi government and its faithful oil companies to enact another episode of the pe-election drama, which has by now become a regular feature of every Indian election, […]

The post The Great Oil Price Game Is On; Be Ready To Be Rattled By Post-Election ‘Adjustments’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.