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MKV’s 360 Degrees

MKV’s 360 Degrees

by The Wire

Season 1

Ram Temple Donations Loot: Biggest Credibility Test For Modi-RSS

The moral unravelling of the Ram Temple project within two years of its inauguration is probably the biggest challenge for the RSS in decades, as it is seen as weilding direct political power, visibly enhanced financial and resource heft with no accountability.

"Need to investigate if GDP growth is genuine"

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says there is a lot of distress among the wage earning class where incomes don't seem to have grown in real terms over the years. The other really sad development is 8 to 9 crore youth are out of the employment market. Therefore there is a new to investigate whether GDP is actually growing at the rate officially claimed.

"Time for mass agitation against ECI on SIR"

Political Economist Parkala Prabhakar says time has come for a mass movement against ECI to seek full accountability and transparency before the electoral and political system is totally destroyed.

"Pellet guns should be banned. It has no place in a democracy."

Former Central Information Commissioner and IPS(retd) , Yashovardhan Azad, talks about an urgent need restore the crumbling institutions dealing with right to Information, political corruption, policing and the criminal investigation system.

Ethanol policy could singe Modi govt.

Senior journalist and veteran science writer Dinesh Sharma says the Modi government has not followed its own policy road map of gradually implementing the ethanol blending policy by 2030 based on transparency and consumer choice. There has been undue haste in forcing E 20 on vehicles which are not compliant and policy goals have got messed up.

Economic factors underlying GenZ movement

Development Economist and Author Santosh Mehrotra talks about how our policy makers have failed the youth at various levels and the CJP movement is but a manifestation of this failure.

Modi Govt Unlikely To Recover From Youth Revolt

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha says the underlying causes of the massive youth uprising are economic and this was building up for many years. My experience says this movement will have to be taken forward by opposition parties until 2029.

'India's mediocre economy will not change': Rathin Roy

Economist Rathin Roy asserts India's growth will concentrate among the rich and the government will pay for the welfare of the very poor, leaving the vast majority of the middle class in a state of income/consumption stagnation. This is the mediocre, low productivity model of India's economy.

"Big worry over FDI, BoP & Rupee value"

It is perverse for RBI to convert a weakening rupee into a fiscal bonanza for the Centre. This is not sustainable as RBI's dividend transfer from a falling rupee is now 8% of the Centre's revenue.

"Indian Economy Most Vulnerable In The World": Subhash Garg

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says Modi government's panic response will push the economy into an even bigger crises. The currency management must be done carefully and decisively.

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