Many of the private insurance firms have made profits of 50 to 70%, as a difference between gross premium collected and insurance claims paid, in … Corporate Sector Makes Landslide Profits from Modi’s Flagship Agri-Insurance SchemeRead more
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Farmers Denied Rs 1,900 Crore Due to Sales Below MSP in Last Two Months
If the government’s minium support price (MSP) programme helped in properly creating a minimum floor price, farmers across 11 major agricultural states would have, on … Farmers Denied Rs 1,900 Crore Due to Sales Below MSP in Last Two MonthsRead more
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Coronavirus exposes deep rooted problems at the heart of our economy
Covid-19 has sent the world into turmoil. And in its wake the pandemic isn’t just threatening lives, but exposing a highly dysfunctional economic system and … Coronavirus exposes deep rooted problems at the heart of our economyRead more
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Dream House, Nightmare Mortgage
You’re saying “our resilience”. Who is the “we” here? For the central bank, the “we” is their clients, the commercial banks, and their role in … Dream House, Nightmare MortgageRead more
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The GST Council Is a Constitutional Crisis in the Making
Three years ago, as I began researching for my doctoral dissertation on the Goods and Services Tax (GST), I had a premonition that the GST … The GST Council Is a Constitutional Crisis in the MakingRead more
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US Dept of Defense Failed Audit While Spending $5.9 Trillion Since 9/11
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges
Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, capping a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve … OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal chargesRead more
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Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 times
The cost of vaccinating the world against COVID-19 could be at least five times cheaper if pharmaceutical companies weren’t profiteering from their monopolies on COVID-19 … Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 timesRead more
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IMF is Back in Business in Latin America – Just as Neoliberal as Always
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PnLwddr9Q&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Vijay Prashad