Right spend in question
Wasteful Nation
By Shivaji Sarkar
Periodic festive post-lockdown sales are not indicators of the economy booming for sustainable development as the slump may loom large. There...
Control mechanism critical
Cyclones &Climate Change
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The fury and devastation of cyclones is back. First Tauktae and then Yaas have stretched the affected States’ administration workload,...
Introspect fraud on people
Three Decades of Loot
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy rarely had the kind of problem it is facing now, pushing the country into a quandary....
Production targets critical
Strides In Defence Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh should be more than satisfied. The defence budget has got the highest allocation of Rs...
Loathsome but unavoidable
Personal Poll Attacks
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 October 1999)
Unlike top leaders of the BJP, the Congress and other parties, I am not upset by...
Deepening relations!
Modi In Bangladesh
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof, International relations, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Bangladesh on 26-27 March to be a part of...
Focus on rural India vital
Education Neglect
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The New Year calls for reversing the neglect in the education sector. Policies are framed with high sounding targets without a...
Indian version of alliances
Politics of Sharing
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Veteran leader Mulayam Singh of the Samajwadi Party, one of the biggest challengers to a second...
Where does the buck stop?
'Urban Naxals'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Move over jihadis, it's the season of 'urban Naxals' as the five activists with allegedly Maoist links arrested last week...
Ideology be damned
MP Crisis
By Insaf
To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...
Prioritise small, young farmers
Agricultural Transformation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is some good news coming from the farm sector. The lockdown hasn’t much affected agriculture because of normal rabi crop...
Rebutting western media
Indian Parliamentary Elections
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Indian elections are seldom influenced by international issues or reactions. But this time...
Cong on cautious path
4-Yr Degree, Silent on PSUs
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian National Congress has come out with a manifesto that looks pompous and well-intentioned but less original...
Farmers’ raise the ante
UP, Haryana Stir
By Insaf
The nine-month long farmers’ agitation gets a shot in the arm in Karnal district of Haryana and Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar...
SC helpless viz centre?
Farmers Protest
By Insaf
The Centre has left the Supreme Court exasperated over the farmers protests! On Thursday last, the top court gave a rap to...
The Indian imperatives
Changing International Relations
By Dr DK Giri
(Secretary General, Assn
for Democratic Socialism)
What kind of world are we living today in? When we look around, we find...
Disunity in unity
Baby Steps?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as Opposition fault lines vexed unity efforts as 15-odd disparate Opposition...
It becomes sweeter
Jan Dhan Yojana
By Moin Qazi
India's flagship financial inclusion programme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), got a big boost as the Government is...
Decentralisation critical
Of States & Governance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Centre is increasingly being accused of going against the federal structure of the country by Opposition States. The...
Societal rehabilitation vital
State of Prisons
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prisons are a requisite unit of the criminal justice system of the country and require serious attention. Over decades while...