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Policy interventions have tended to involve regressive taxation and redistributive measures that reinforce underlying inequality trends.

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Worrying trends in economic inequality in India
The divergence seems to be due to higher income groups benefiting disproportionately from policy changes and also because higher incomes tend to be correlated with higher saving rates
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January 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The defence of sovereignty in the Global South requires the expansion of South-South Cooperation from the economic domain to the security domain.

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US Imperialism, Attack on Venezuela and Global South | NewsClick
The defence of sovereignty in the Global South requires the expansion of South-South Cooperation from the economic domain to the security domain.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Until there is universal social security, initiatives like the Zomato-HDFC venture will remain trifling gestures in the wider architecture of neglect.

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The Political Economy of Gig Pensions | NewsClick
Until there is universal social security, initiatives like the Zomato-HDFC venture will remain trifling gestures in the wider architecture of neglect.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The authentic reaffirmation of Gandhi is to reclaim the Constitution and the republic, before those who once pulled the trigger on him succeed in pulling the trigger on India itself.

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Reaffirming Gandhi: Anti-imperialism, Political & Economic Democracy | NewsClick
The authentic reaffirmation of Gandhi is to resist neo-fascism and reclaim the Constitution and the republic, before those who once pulled the trigger on him succeed in pulling the trigger on India it...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
India’s democratic movement needs to comprehensively unite and resist One Nation One Election and ensure that it is not allowed to become law.

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One Nation, One Election: Last Gasp of a Neo-Fascist Dispensation | NewsClick
India’s democratic movement needs to comprehensively unite and resist ONOE and ensure that it is not allowed to become law.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Unless there is a dip in government tax revenues due to the GST Rejig, the tax burden on working households will remain unchanged.

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Political Economy of GST Rejig | NewsClick
Unless there is a dip in government tax revenues, the tax burden on working households will remain unchanged.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Modest export duties on high-margin sectors dominated by corporate giants could finance subsidies for vulnerable industries.

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India Has Many Tools to Withstand US Tariffs | NewsClick
Modest export duties on high-margin sectors dominated by corporate giants could finance subsidies for vulnerable industries.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
India could deepen South–South cooperation and seek to reclaim economic sovereignty instead of bowing to US pressure.

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How India Can Deal With America’s Dollar Tyranny | NewsClick
India could deepen South–South cooperation and seek to reclaim economic sovereignty instead of bowing to US pressure.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Trump is facing a world where China’s rise and Russia’s return, and the strategic concord between the two, have fundamentally undermined US imperialist hegemony.

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Has Trump Broken Rules-Based Order or Exposed Its Weaknesses? | NewsClick
Trump is facing a world where China’s rise and Russia’s return, and the strategic concord between the two, have fundamentally undermined US imperialist hegemony.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If the Indian government doesn’t opt for diversifying trade, and strategic relationships with the rest of the world, there’s danger of strategic autonomy being decisively undermined.

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Defending India’s Sovereignty in New Trade War | NewsClick
If the Indian government doesn’t opt for diversifying trade, and strategic relationships with the rest of the world, there’s danger of strategic autonomy being decisively undermined.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The BJP government’s policies have created a trap whereby an unbalanced foreign policy that excessively tilts towards the US has undermined its ability to resist its coercive measures.

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Why is Indian Foreign Policy Facing Strategic Disarray? | NewsClick
The BJP government’s policies have created a trap whereby an unbalanced foreign policy that excessively tilts towards the US has undermined its ability to resist its coercive measures.
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August 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
US President Donald Trump's economic agenda is a strategic blend of neoliberal policies and economic nationalism, aimed at consolidating corporate power while undermining labor and public welfare.

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Trump Strengthens Corporate Power While Weakening Labor and Public Services
US President Donald Trump's economic agenda is a strategic blend of neoliberal policies and economic nationalism, aimed at...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Authentic reform must engage with the lived realities of marginalised students, not bypass them.

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CUET: Reform or Gatekeeping of Privilege? | NewsClick
Authentic reform must engage with the lived realities of marginalised students, not bypass them.
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July 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The 2025 Rio Declaration shows that BRICS’ collective challenge to the imperial architecture of global finance has weakened the coercive reach of metropolitan capital.

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BRICS: Political Economy & Quest for Systemic Alternatives | NewsClick
The 2025 Rio Declaration shows that BRICS’ collective challenge to the imperial architecture of global finance has weakened the coercive reach of metropolitan capital.
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July 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The working poor are not just being removed; they are being marked, stigmatised and othered by the neo-fascist dispensation, aided by ‘Godi Media’.

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Politics of Demolitions and Right to City | NewsClick
The working poor are not just being removed; they are being marked, stigmatised and othered by the neo-fascist dispensation, aided by ‘Godi Media’.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
By institutionalising precarity, this move will not only devalue academic labour but also jeopardise its role as a reliable custodian of critical thought and innovation.

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DU: CCS-Based Periodic Review a Threat to Academic Freedom | NewsClick
By institutionalising precarity, this move will not only devalue academic labour but also jeopardise its role as a reliable custodian of critical thought and innovation.
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June 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The victory of Samsung India Workers Union has deep implications for India’s working people and their struggles.

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TN: Significance of Samsung India Union’s Struggle | NewsClick
SIWU’s victory has deep implications for India’s working people and their struggles amid the proliferation of neoliberal projects.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The trade war was a desperate attempt by the US to try and reassert its hegemony. But the tariff truce shows the limitations of this desperation, which cannot but be circumscribed by the realities of the strategic array of power in international political economy.

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US-China Tariff Truce: A Gesture of Stability Amid Systemic Rivalry | NewsClick
The tariff truce in Geneva shows the limitations of US monopoly capital’s desperation to try and reassert its imperialist hegemony.
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May 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The rewriting of the history of the defeat of fascism in the Second World War makes the ideological terrain conducive for the growth of neo-fascism.

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Defeat of Fascism in 1945: Historical Lessons, Contemporary Relevance | NewsClick
The rewriting of history of the defeat of fascism in the World War-II has played a key ideological role in the ongoing efforts to manufacture consent for US imperialist hegemony.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The relative scarcity of language teachers today is due to years of imposing Hindi and devaluing other Indian languages through policy levers.

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Political Economy of Hindi Imposition in India | NewsClick
The relative scarcity of language teachers today is due to years of imposing Hindi and devaluing other Indian languages through policy levers.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The longer the Trump administration delays initiating negotiations with China, the greater will be the pace of the relative decline of US monopoly capital.

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Trump’s 2025 Tariff War Folly | NewsClick
The longer the Trump administration delays initiating negotiations with China, the greater will be the pace of the relative decline of US monopoly capital.
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April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The longer the Trump administration delays initiating negotiations with China, the greater will be the pace of the relative decline of US monopoly capital.

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Trump’s 2025 Tariff War Folly | NewsClick
The longer the Trump administration delays initiating negotiations with China, the greater will be the pace of the relative decline of US monopoly capital.
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April 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Supreme Court’s verdict in TN Governor’s case highlighted the weaponization of the Governor’s office for partisan politics.

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Confronting the Neo-fascist Assault on Federalism | NewsClick
The Supreme Court’s verdict in TN Governor’s case highlighted the weaponization of the Governor’s office for partisan politics.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A bold policy shift aimed at recovering national sovereignty, economic justice, and strategic autonomy is needed.

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Rethinking the Indian Response to Trump’s Tariff War | NewsClick
A bold policy shift aimed at recovering national sovereignty, economic justice, and strategic autonomy is needed.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The ‘Liberation Day’ tariff war will fail to spur the anticipated resurgence in US manufacturing, and is more likely to hasten the relative decline of the USA.
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The Strategic Myopia of Trump’s Trade War | NewsClick
The ‘Liberation Day’ tariff war will fail to spur the anticipated resurgence in US manufacturing, and is more likely to hasten the decline of the US empire.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM