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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the absence of adequate social security for migrant workers, their rural households of largely left-behind women supported millions of migrant workers when they returned after the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country and induced a severe recession that also rendered small traders and operators of microenterprises destitute and reduced the incomes […]

The post Workers, Small Traders, Enterprises, And Farmers Rendered Destitute first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The world believes that the success of western sanctions against Putin’s Russia depends on just two countries: India and China. On the face of it, it would appear to be a straightforward positioning. For, much of the Russian oil that has been made redundant by the sanctions is expected to flow to […]

The post New Delhi Holds Its Own On Discounted Oil Imports From Russia first appeared on IPA Newspack.

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, BJP’s Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, RJD’s Misa Bharti and Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD were among the 41 winners declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Friday. All the 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, six in Tamil Nadu, five in Bihar, […]

The post Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal among 41 elected unopposed To Rajya Sabha first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik Central banks all over the capitalist world are raising, or are about to raise, interest rates as a means of countering the currently rampant inflation, which is certain to push a world economy that is barely recovering from the effect of the pandemic, back towards stagnation and greater unemployment. Of course the […]

The post Neo-Liberal Economic Agenda Can Never Tackle Inflationary Pressures first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat The BJP is conducting a fortnight campaign to celebrate the completion of eight years of the Modi government.  The campaign seeks to highlight claims of the various achievements of the government regarding economic growth, infrastructure development, foodgrain production, social welfare schemes and foreign policy. All these are attributed to the initiatives and […]

The post Relentless Attack On Democracy Is The Highlight Of Modi Regime Since 2014 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak World is not yet on track to achieve the clean energy access for all by 2030, and at the current rate of progress, 670 million people will remain without electricity by 2030 – 10 million more than projected last year. Currently, 733 million people worldwide still do not have access to […]

The post India Still Among Top 20 Clean Energy Access-Deficit Countries first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra I very vividly remember when 30 years back in the year 1992 we wanted to hold a public function as a part of campaign for the promotion of healthy environment and preservation of ecology, not many people took it seriously. However we carried out with our activities and soon our actions […]

The post Climate Change Has A Big Impact On The Healthcare System Of All Countries first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Twists in Bihar politics has now become perceivable with re-emergence of caste based clamoring among leaders of both national and regional political parties. The complexities and contrasts in the three decades of politics, beginning around 1889 with the well known Mandal vs Kamandal issue, now seems set to undergo a new […]

The post Twists In Bihar Politics Signals New Churnings first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Actually, it shouldn’t have been breaking news. The clean chit to Aryan Khan was on expected lines. Nothing on earth could have overturned the outcome. The only two questions remaining were ‘Who in his sound mind chose to slam-dunk Aryan Khan s/o Shahrukh Khan with a narcotics charge? Look at what happened […]

The post Aryan Khan Episode Exposes The Working Of Narcotics Control Bureau first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The Supreme Court order of May 20, transferring the suit on the Gyanvapi masjid dispute from the civil judge (senior division) Varanasi to the district judge casts aspersions, though unintended, on the competence of civil judges in general. The matter had reached the Supreme Court on a petition filed by the Mosque […]

The post Supreme Court Transferring Gyanvapi Mosque Case To District Judge Gives Wrong Signal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Car companies in India are already creating waves about the launch of electric vehicles, with nearly a dozen brands expected to hit the road in a year’s time. Joining the EV bandwagon are all major automakers, including Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra, Mercedes etc. But even as the euphoria continues, the EV industry is […]

The post Ukraine War Fallout Takes The Clock Back On Shift To Electric Vehicles first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak After significant gains during the last quarter of 2021, the number of hours worked globally dropped in the first quarter of 2022, to 3.8 per cent below the pre-crisis benchmark in the fourth quarter of 2019. This is equivalent to a deficit of 112 million full-time jobs, which represents a significant […]

The post Labour Markert Recovery Is Again Under Threat first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Soma Marla In 2020, the present NDA government, while bringing three farm laws said they are intended to facilitate fair markets and enhance farmers’ incomes. But the government acted exactly in the opposite by banning exports all of a sudden, when the global wheat prices are attractive and watered down the hopes of […]

The post Centre’s Sudden Wheat Export Ban Has Hit The Income Of Common Farmers first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri has attributed the excise cut in petroleum products to Prime Minister Modi’s ‘considered and very well thought through assessment that the burden on the common man, the Aam Aadmi, needed to be addressed. He was speaking to television channel in the wake of the […]

The post Modi’s Sensitivity And The ‘Game’ Petroleum Companies Play first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The global economy is facing unprecedented economic challenges driven by high inflation in practically all major economies and there are fears that this could lead to stagflation as recessionary trends are witnessed in advanced economies and slowing China. The question that is often asked now is Indian economy insulated from these […]

The post Indian Economy Has Resilience But Needs Special Protection For Poor first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee India’s domestic wheat market is on fire ever since the government said it was targeting record shipments this year after exports from the Black Sea region plunged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.  Wheat prices in India rose to record high levels in the last three months. In some spot markets, […]

The post Traders Behind Soaring Wheat Prices In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The decision by the Supreme Court this week that the powers of the Centre and the States to legislate on GST-related issues are equal debunks the idea that the Centre can ride roughshod over the states, as it has been happening to a large extent. The court’s judgment also strengthens the cause […]

The post Supreme Court Stress On Cooperative Federalism A Slap On Centre first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amulya Ganguli The one significant outcome of the Congress’s recent Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan was Rahul Gandhi’s acknowledgement that the party has lost touch with the people. Nothing demonstrated this disconnect more than the steep fall in the party’s Lok Sabha tally to 44 in 2014 and 53 five years later. However, what the […]

The post Even After Udaipur Chintan Shivir, Congress Is Groping For Its Role first appeared on IPA Newspack.