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AnalysisIndustrialisation or environmental colonialism? By Aseem Shrivastava Forty-five steel plants are on the anvil in the small state of Orissa alone. Thousands of acres of land are being taken over. The people of Orissa have not asked for this industrialisation. In fact, they are opposing it. So who is the break-neck industrialisation in the state for? More... Retail blitzkriegBy Devinder Sharma A US study has established increasing poverty in states where Wal-Mart has expanded operations. But in India, not a single independent study has examined the impact of organised retail on 12 million small shopkeepers, 40 million hawkers and 200 million small farmers More... SEZs: A catalogue of questionsBy Aseem Shrivastava Can a few "treasure islands" take shelter from the nation's Constitution in the guise of economic growth? More... |
