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The following statement issued to the press by Ms. Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary, AITUC today - 4th November 2025
Modi Government betrays the 69 lakh Pensioners and Family Pensioners by keeping out them from the purview of 8th Central Pay Commission !
The Government takes advantage of the validation authority taken in the Parliament through the Finance Bill to decide about the fate of the existing Pensioners!
AITUC condemns (…)
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The ground-breaking theorisation on the people as co-authors of the constitution and their central role as constitutional actors | Vijay Kumar
8 November 2025, by Vijay Kumar[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 43-44, Oct 25-Nov 1, 2025
25 October 2025* Unveiling Poverty in India: An Analytical Inquiry | Bhat & Hussain
* Predatory Extractions Can Derail India -
Indian State
25 October 2025, by Arup Kumar SenA national daily reported a month ago the
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25 October 2025October 2, 2025
The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC -
Unveiling Poverty in India: An Analytical Inquiry | Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, Shazia Hussain
25 October 2025Abstract
This paper presents a descriptive analysis of poverty in India, drawing on secondary data from national surveys and expert committee reports. The findings reveal a steady decline in income poverty since the 1970s, with the pace of reduction accelerating after 2004 -
The Circle of Chalk and Dust | Sreejith K
25 October 2025There are seasons in a teacher
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Lalu more concerned of his personal gains than fighting the fascist and rightist saffron ecosystem | Arun Srivastava
25 October 2025, by Arun SrivastavaLike his father Lalu Yadav, his younger son, the leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav took to aggressive posture and announced headline-grabbing promises for the voters even before Bihar INDIA bloc comes out with its common minimum programme, purely with the intent of projecting himself as the chief minister face of Mahagathbandhan and the INDIA bloc.
Tejashvi would be next chief minister was never a contentious issue. Congress not declaring him as future chief minister was the part of its (…) -
Letter to the Editor: Arun Srivastava’s gratuitous attack on Lalu Yadav reflects upper caste bias | Faraz Ahmad
25 October 2025, by Faraz AhmadLetter to the Editor
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October 26, 2025
Dear Editor,
I refer here to the piece titled -
Predatory Extractions Can Derail India’s Economic Development | Sucha Singh Gill
25 October 2025Economic development and its sustainability depends on the inter generational savings and their productive investment. Productive investment gets a boost if it is accompanied by innovations in various aspects of life. This process gets disrupted when predatory extractions of economic resources/surpluses happen due to internal or external factors.
Predatory extractions are defined as collection of economic resources by the state or non-state actors by force or manipulation and are (…)