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M S Siddiqui

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Opinion

India on the Republic Day 2022

India on the 72nd Republic Day presents a very grim picture with its secular constitutional pluralistic democracy not working. Country has changed politically, socially and economically. Current regime in the Centre has actively participated and aided communal and divisive forces … Read the rest

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Failure to curb crimes against women

Successive Union Governments have taken several administrative and legal measures to empower, secure women and minimize crimes against them. But unfortunately, crimes against women have been increasing year on year except in 2020 when such crimes came down by 8.3 … Read the rest

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Railways under growing debt trap

Indian Railways (IR) has been mobilizing resources from freight traffic, passenger services, sundry sources, market borrowings, budgetary and extra budgetary support from the General Exchequer for its expansion, up gradation and modernisation. Borrowing arm of IR in the Ministry of … Read the rest

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Indian Railways on cost cutting spree

Ministry of Railways has begun implementing a report on right sizing the workings of Indian Railways by reorganizing its public sector undertakings (PSUs) including Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) through mergers of some units and closure of some others to avoid … Read the rest

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Nationalist sells the nation

With failed economic promises to misbegotten economic reforms, relentless communal polarization, the crushing of civil dissent and the destruction of citizen’s fundamental right to liberty, the nationalist (fascist) Union Government has tried everything in its quiver to shore up the … Read the rest