For over three decades now, neoliberal policies have resulted in the abandonment of the developmental, welfarist and protective role of the State. This happened through three mutually reinforcing processes, (a) A sharp decline in state expenditure on socio-economic development and welfare to retain the “confidence of investors”. (b) Devastation of national production activities due to competitive cheap imports after trade liberalization (c) Incentivization of private investment in infrastructure, real estate and industry through tax and price concessions and handing over of natural resources to unleash “animal spirits”. The priority given to attracting foreign investment and the lifting of restrictions on private corporate investment generated an extraordinary ‘race to the bottom’ among the state governments, who have been competing to offer more and more attractive concessions to woo private capital.
This period has been a very challenging time for all the progressive, democratic and secular forces in the country. The results of the 17th Lok Sabha elections have been a great setback. The BJP…
The AIDWA, SFI, DYFI, JASS (Jati Ant Sangharsh Samiti) held an angry protest demonstration outside Nair Hospital in Mumbai on May 27 to condemn the harassment, casteist humiliation and threats meted…
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held a militant protest on January 4 on the road towards…
The AIDWA CEC held recently in Hyderabad decided toorganise protests in all districts in the country on December 10, International Human Rights Day, to condemn the anti-women Modi regime. These…
It was a truly memorable rally. Nearly 10,000 women marched on the roads of Delhi for two hours - in torrential rain throughout!But even the drenching could not subdue their indomitable spirit. They…
