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The long-awaited Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in Parliament (Lok Sabha) on August 8, 2022, despite opposition from political parties, employees, and engineers of state-run distribution companies. (DisComs). The bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for further feedback. The right side of the markets debate views this measure as a reformist solution to fix India's electrical system, which has suffered for four decades despite reforms owing to distribution companies' poor financial health, operational inefficiencies, and large AT&C losses. The economics and politics of India's 'grid' must be investigated to understand opposition to planned modifications to the Electricity Act 2003. The federal government and states control India's electrical bu...

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Opposition Abandons All Hope Of Defeating Modi Almost Halfway To 2024

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 18, 20220

The present political opposition in India needs even a sliver of this famous quote to be successful. It's hard to discern whether the opposition's demise was due to ineptitude or the government's pro-people measures. Weak political opposition is bad for democracies, but in this instance, it's the opposition's lack of interest in the people. Speculation abounds over whether the opposition parties would challenge Mr. Modi and his party in 2024. The fact that this topic is being raised two years before the next general election shows the opposition parties' instability. They should respect voters' will. The concerns are more important because the BJP, despite being in office for eight years, continues to bat first, which the opposition should do. The opposition has corruption charge...

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It’s Maha Time: Next Important Test For BJP-Shinde Will Be Municipal Elections

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 17, 20220

It took six weeks of discussions, but the BJP has secured crucial positions in Maharashtra's newly expanded government. Though nine ministers were sworn in from both parties, the BJP has received the more prestigious ministries due to its larger majority in the legislature. Devendra Fadnavis, the state of Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, is a strong figure in the state's government. As most of the BJP's portfolios were handled by NCP and Congress in the MVA government, the 40-MLA Eknath Shinde faction might take solace in the fact that a certain equilibrium continues. However, the Shiv Sena has been weakened and fractured as a result of their continued time in office. There will be grumbling even within the BJP, as most ministers have been given far smaller portfolios than th...

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Economy, Corruption, Politics And The Path Towards New India

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 17, 20220

Recent weeks have demonstrated how "family first," "corruption first," and "freebies first" policies have wreaked havoc on economies in and around India, most notably Sri Lanka. Without naming any one state, political party, or individual, Prime Minister Modi sounded a note of caution about the dangers of populism and quick fixes in politics. In the past, many notable people and organizations, including the United States Supreme Court, have offered their thoughts on this topic. Instead of a "free for all" approach, which is unfair to the most deprived and perhaps nothing more than a gimmick because usually such schemes can never be implemented or sustained for a long time, any competent administrator would support the idea of ensuring that his or her government ensures targeted, foolpro...

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PM Modi Declares BJP’s 2024 Election Agenda To Be Corruption & Respect For Women, What Do You Think About It!!

Gunjan ChaudharyAugust 15, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, has clarified the agenda of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He has indicated that the BJP will fight this battle on the basis of "action taken on corruption". The PM's address also indicates that the crackdown on corrupt leaders will continue without being distracted by the opposition's allegations of political abuse by the ED-CBI. That is, the difficulties of opposition leaders may increase in the coming days. By raising the issue of respect for women, the Prime Minister has indicated that women oriented schemes are going to remain in the prominence of the central government in the coming times as well. This can open the way for his return to power in 2024. The Prime Minister has described...

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2024 General Elections: Nitish Kumar Seen As PM Face Against Narendra Modi

Vikas DeshwalAugust 12, 20220

Nitish Kumar, who took oath as the CM of Bihar for the eighth time this week, responded to a repeatedly requested inquiry ever since the unrest in the state developed newly - Does he desire to head for the prime minister's post in the 2024 federal elections? The search is being questioned after he split links with the BJP to replace the Mahagathbandhan or the 'luxury alliance'. His response, which carries energy with his switching of flanks, comes after several Bihar authorities this week reacted to the inquiry by communicating - "Why not?". On being informed that he is being considered the beginning of the prime minister race for 2024, Nitish Kumar briefed journalists on Friday with a smile and tucked hands: "Listen, brother, I have nothing of this sort in my soul." "We will

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State Opposition Gains Or Losses, May Not Matter Nationally: Suggest 2019 Election Trends

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 11, 20220

The opposition finally won a political victory in 2022, when its two main leaders, Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, returned to power. Over the last 12 months, BJP's grip on politics has tightened. It dominated the presidential and vice presidential elections and won in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa. It also overthrew the MVA government in Maharashtra by causing a split within the Shiv Sena. Congress has tried numerous different strategies after its defeat in five states, including Punjab, including the lacklustre chintan shivir and the impending statewide padayatra. The lustre of Mamata Banerjee's crushing defeat of the BJP in 2017 has worn off. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Kejriwal, its leader, have a long way to go despite their recent victory in Punjab. Ot...

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New Vice President, Old Politics: How Can Opposition Defeat BJP?

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 8, 20220

Jagdeep Dhankhar's emphatic win in the vice-presidential elections is another indication of the BJP's supremacy in national politics. BJD and YSRCP, two "neutral" regional parties, were more likely to vote for Dhankhar than disenchanted opposition parties. In presidential and vice-presidential elections, the national ruling party always has an advantage in capturing votes from parties that are not completely aligned with it. Regional parties understand that a vote against the Centre isn't worth the effort of antagonising these two positions, which have little political value. But the near-disaster of the monsoon session should prompt the BJP to rethink its strategy. Legislators will always have dissenting views, regardless of who is in charge. In parliamentary politics, legislation,...

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Ex-Telecom Minister Raja Sale Of 5G Spectrum: ‘Where The Money Gone?’

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 5, 20220

Former telecom minister A. Raja has questioned "where has the money gone" in reference to enormous disparity between the amount earned from the sale of 5G spectrum (Rs 1.5 lakh crore) and the predicted income from it, alleging a "massive fraud" in recently finished 5G spectrum sales (Rs 5 lakh crore). Commencing on July 26 and ending on August 1, the 5G spectrum auction took place. The Hindustan Times reports that Raja questioned, "Where has the money gone?" on Thursday, August 4. What is the source of the error? This should be investigated by the present government. The UPA government's telecom minister, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) politician, was implicated in the suspected 2G fraud. While in opposition to the government, the BJP levelled a particularly vicious attack against Raja...

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Flags And Anthems: Politics Of Right-Wing Patriotism In Evolving World

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 5, 20220

The recent press conference of the Supreme Court's four senior justices disclosed previously unseen perspectives. The bench of justice Dipak Misra ordered "all cinema theatres in India to play the national anthem before the feature film" on November 30, 2016. Since it was a chance to exhibit "love for the country," the judge, who is now India's Chief Justice, directed that "all present must stand for the national anthem." Eleven months later, Supreme Court judge D.Y. Chandrachud said it's not necessary to "wear your patriotism on your sleeve. Next, people shouldn't wear t-shirts and shorts to movies because it's disrespectful to the national anthem. where do we stop this moral policing? In November 2016, he shared the bench with Justice Misra, and his categorical decision shows how Indi

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Digging Deep Into SSC Recruitment Scam: Is It Bigger Than Narada And Sarada Scam?

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 2, 20220

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta high court and a retired-judge-led committee appointed by a division bench over the past six months have unearthed at least 609 illegal appointments in group D employees' posts, 381 in clerical (group-C) posts, and an undetermined number of posts for assistant teachers for classes IX and X at government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal during 2019-20. It began in August and September last year, when job seekers Sandeep Prasad (Sanjay Kumar), Sabina Yasmin (Salman Khan), and Setab Uddin (Salman Khan) filed petitions in the Calcutta high court alleging anomalies in recruitments in three categories. As the session progressed, the judge continued asking for further papers, and other petitioners came up to provide additional instances. In its...

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Indian Politics of Defection: An Uninteresting Variant Of Dissidence

Sayani ChakrabortyAugust 2, 20220

Defections from various political parties and the resulting deviation from norms such as "loyalty is not sellable," "pluralism is to be considered worthy of respect," and "politics that endorses improvement in the spheres of non-coercion or increasing but reasonable degrees of freedom" have recently led to the melancholy expression, "we were wrong in supporting, promoting, and protecting these defectors." Congress MPs in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Karnataka as well as the Shiv Sena in Goa and, more lately, Maharashtra are heard using these kinds of rhetoric. Is the act of defection becoming the new standard for doing politics in India? This raises the most basic problems. What is the reason for the violations of the above-mentioned norms? And who is responsible for this? The act of def...