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19-2-24  SKM Out-rightly Rejects the Union Ministers Proposal on Crop Diversification and Procurement for 5 Years as Diverting and Diluting the Focal Demands of Farmers. Nothing Below MSP@C2+50% with Guaranteed Procurement Acceptable to Farmers. SKM Rejects Proposal of Ordinance on A2+FL+50%- Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)  https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/samyukta-kisan-morcha-rejects-centre-msp-proposal-crops-punjab-9169610/

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Here is one self-evident manner in which the “quid pro quo” might have worked after the electoral bonds scheme was launched in 2017.

https://thewire.in/business/quid-pro-quo-how-revealing-electoral-bonds-will-clear-questions-of-len-den 

The many gifts to big business

It may be recalled that the scheme was launched mid 2017, just after the economy was delivered the twin shocks of demonetisation and the launch of a messy Goods and Services Tax. There is enough literature available to suggest that these events broke the back of micro, medium and small scale industry and helped the big corporates further consolidate their market share at the cost of small industry. In subsequent years, many large companies openly admitted – indeed touted – as their achievement that they had taken away substantial chunks of market share from the players in the small and unorganised sector who could not recover from these twin shocks.

by M.K. Venu

19/02/2024

Scams Listed in the NDA White Paper, Their Outcome and Beyond Moneylife Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtY9PInT_JA 

https://www.moneylife.in/article/scams-listed-in-the-nda-white-paper-their-outcome-and-beyond/73420.html 

Feb 16, 2024  Sucheta Dalal discusses a White Paper on the Indian Economy presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, examining governance issues and policy paralysis during 2004-2014. The white paper highlights 15 major scandals that impacted public opinion against the UPA government, including the Coal Block Allocation and Commonwealth Games scandals. However, here the selection of scandals has been criticised for its perceived bias and failure to establish widespread corruption.