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INDIAN EXPRESS / YOUTH PROTEST ACCOUNTABILITYEDITORIAL
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The Cockroach Janata Party just did what no opposition party managed in years - it forced a sitting Union minister to resign. And yet, ask its own supporters what CJP actually stands for beyond that one resignation and you won't get a clear answer. Is that the movement's greatest strength or its built-in ceiling?

Sub-topic Pressure Groups and Democratic Accountability - Leaderless Mass Movements

Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation following the 36-day CJP protest at Jantar Mantar marks the third major instance in twelve years of the Modi government retreating under mass mobilisation, after the 2019-20 CAA-NRC fr…

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INDIAN EXPRESS / GOLD DISCLOSURE & FOREX POLICYEDITORIAL
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Should the government stop asking where your gold came from - again? That is the real question behind the voluntary gold disclosure scheme now being quietly discussed at the highest levels of government and India has answered it once before, in 1993, with a scheme that worked precisely because it stopped asking.

Sub-topic External Sector Management - Gold Monetisation and Tax Amnesty Trade-offs

With crude oil prices above $100 a barrel following the West Asia crisis and gold demand for investment purposes remaining strong despite record prices, an empowered group of ministers, the PMO and the Cabinet Secreta…

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