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  • Video: Is India’s media facing a credibility crisis? TRT World - Jan 24, 2020

    4 February

    From shouting matches to high-profile sackings, India’s mainstream media is facing a mounting credibility crisis.

  • India: Statement on Union Budget 2021 | All India Kisan Sabha (Feb 1, 2021)

    4 February

    The Union Financial Budget presented today in the Parliament for the year 2021-22 had almost nothing new to offer for Indian agriculture. It has completely disregarded the farmers protesting across the country demanding fair remuneration of their toil and labour. In 2020-21, the budgeted allocation for agriculture was Rs 134349 crore, which has fallen to Rs 122961 crore in 2021-22. There has been an overall reduction of 8 % in allocations towards agriculture even in nominal terms.

  • India: Union Budget 2021 - pro Big Business, pushing privatisation, taxing the working class, undermines public education | Statements by AITUC, AIBEA, NTUI and AIFUCTO (Feb 2021)

    2 February

    Statements released by national trade unions AITUC, AIBEA, NTUI and AIFUCTO on the announcement of India’s Union Budget 2021

  • Is the Indian EVM and VVPAT System Fit for Democratic Elections? Jan 2021 Report of The Citizens’ Commission on Elections

    by The Citizens Commission on Elections, 1 February

    Modern India’s greatest pride is that it is not only the world’s largest, but because of the grassroots institutional mechanisms that we have built for the panchayat raj, is also the most vibrant democracy. It gives to every Indi-an the world’s largest number of elected representatives to ensure peoples’ participation in governance at the local, state and national levels. At the national level the institution of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is mandated to ensure that this participation is not only truly representative but also one of the world’s most free. . . . the ECI’s conduct of the parliamentary elections of 2019 had led to grave doubts about its fairness, which has always been its greatest strength. The Association for Democratic Reforms, the Constitutional Conduct Group of former civil servants and the Forum for Electoral Integrity were among the civil society groups that were constrained to invite public attention to what appeared to be the ECI’s shortcomings in living up to its mandate of neutrality. Many political parties, mainstream and digital media houses also joined in voicing serious apprehensions as to the manner in which the ‘model code of conduct’ was violated with impunity. The ECI neither responded to criticism or sought to defend itself when patent infirmities were specifically pointed out by responsible citizens with no effort to satisfy the critics, several of whom were retired officials them-selves, experienced in conducting elections. The Citizens’ Commission on Elections’ (CCE) came into being to go into critical aspects of the conduct of elections, call for expert advice where necessary and come up with ap-propriate suggestions. These are to be placed in the public domain for the consideration of Indian citizens who, at final call, should have the last word in India’s governance to ensure that elections are conducted as merit the proud Republic of India.

  • Video: Heart to Art - across borders | Anand Patwardhan’s 10 minute film

    30 January

    Anand Patwardhan’s 10-minute film on an India Pakistan Art exhibit. from footage in Pakistan in 2004 at a time when young citizens of India and Pakistan were exploring the intoxicating potential for peace

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