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“Soros has attacked Indian parliament…” BJP’s Smriti Irani slams Billionaire investor George Soros  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za3Ij01w9HY

Union Minister Smriti Irani called upon Indians to unitedly respond to 'foreign powers who try to intervene in India's democratic processes'.

Calling Mr Soros's remark a 'declaration to destroy India's democratic processes', she said Indians have defeated such 'foreign powers' who tried to meddle with our internal affairs earlier as well, and will do so again. "I urge every Indian to give a fitting reply to George Soros," she said. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/minister-smriti-irani-slams-billionaire-george-soros-over-pm-narendra-modi-remarks-attacking-indias-democratic-process-3790441

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/minister-smriti-irani-slams-billionaire-george-soros-over-pm-narendra-modi-remarks-attacking-indias-democratic-process-3790441

 Soros questions Modi on Adani, Govt terms it ‘ill intentions’ against India https://www.siasat.com/adani-row-george-soros-says-modi-will-have-to-answer-govt-calls-it-attempt-to-break-indian-democracy-2528777/
"PM Modi would have to answer questions from foreign investors and parliament on allegations of fraud and stock manipulation at Mr. Adani's industrial empire," Soros said in a speech on Thursday.
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The Open Society’s Soros Economic Development Fund is also an active social impact investor in India. Its goals include helping smallholder farmers and small businesses boost their incomes, and making health care, schooling, and financial services more available and affordable to a broader range of people. Since 2008, Open Society has invested over $90 million in start-up and early funding projects managed by Bangalore-based Aspada Investments. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/the-open-society-foundations-in-india https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/216c249e-d874-4229-9a8d-0da211fb622b/fact-sheet-open-society-in-india-eng-20200127.pdf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58tqJZsyv7E

EBs Sale Crosses Rs.12 Thousands Crores Mark.  94.124 % of Total Value of EBs Sold are of 01 Cr value denomination.

Electoral Bonds: Amid Concerns on Opacity, Donations Cross Rs 10,000-Crore Mark https://thewire.in/government/electoral-bonds-amid-concerns-on-opacity-donations-breach-rs-10000-crore-mark

Several transparency activists, organisations and political parties have over the years expressed concern about the lack of transperancy around these bonds, as the identity of donors purchasing them remains a secret. According to Right to Information (RTI) activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired), who has been tracking the sale of these bonds and their redemption by designated branches of the State Bank of India, the sale of these bonds reached the milestone of Rs 10,000 crore during the 21st Phase under which they were sold from July 1 to July 10.

While the electoral bond scheme was introduced with the Finance Bill 2017 and notified in January 2018 to provide funding to political parties which secure not less than 1% of the votes polled in the last general election to the Lok Sabha or a state assembly, the manner in which it allowed anonymous donations, most of the funds went to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had raised eyebrows.

The first to raise a red flag was the Election Commission, which in 2017 itself had raised serious concerns about the scheme. Subsequently, a number of petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court since 2018 challenging its legality. The apex court has twice refused an interim stay on the scheme as sought in its petition by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The push and pulls of the ‘market imperative’ along with hostilities from the Indian government since August 2019 means that land in Jammu and Kashmir which was preserved for the tiller in the second half of the twentieth century has now been completely opened up for grabs to the highest bidder.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2023/02/15/from-land-to-the-tiller-to-land-to-the-highest-bidder-land-grabs-in-jammu-and-kashmir/