Mega scam singes economy

Toll Tax Extortion By Shivaji Sarkar It is time, rather most opportune time, to do away with road toll and review the levy of infrastructure cess...

Economic disenchantment

Gandhi's India By Shivaji Sarkar The nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi, a grass-root thinker, amid protests by farmers in Uttar Pradesh for more relief, the...

Personal loans, defaults rise!

RBI Subprime Alert By Shivaji Sarkar What would sway Indian politics —the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy or caste census? Normally it should be the...

Ease financial milieu

Rising Food Prices By Shivaji Sarkar Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...

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...

$4 billion at stake!

Temple Economy By Shivaji Sarkar The temple economy is as large as the Indian budget sustaining the country. Its contours across the religious denominations of Hindu,...

Mixed bag of results!

Modi's Europe Tour By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Prime Minister Modi just had a weeklong tour of Europe, touching Sweden, the UK and Germany....

Gdp surges to $212 bn

Bengal Rises To 6th Rank By Shivaji Sarkar Is West Bengal on a trajectory of growth? Is it belying allegations of a laggard state? May be....

Rs 27,500 cr lost in May!

Long Poll Hits Stocks By Shivaji Sarkar Global uncertainties over rising interest rates, jittery noises of Lok Sabha elections surpass the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs...

Conference sans results

Speakers' Speak By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) As the winter session of Parliament is fast approaching, a dominant thinking in our mind is...

Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta

Governors Revolving Door By Shivaji Sarkar Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...

Cong its own worst enemy!

Rajasthan Verdict By Insaf The Congress High Command’s worry in Rajasthan is far from over. Ushering normalcy or some semblance of order will be a tall...

Needs holistic vision

New Infra Pack By Shivaji Sarkar The government has finally woken up. It has announced Rs 102 lakh crore programme for strengthening Indian infrastructure. This aims...

Rohingya Refugees

Is it the last straw? By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) An urgent plea against a proposal of the Government of India to deport...

States must aid centre

The MSP Demand By Dr. S.S Chhina (Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi) Albeit the longest-ever protest from the farming community, especially in Punjab and...

Solution for socialproblem?

Wages for Housework Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) General Election is the time for worst hate speeches against opponents and lavish promises for voters. Among the...

Both lose $ 1500 million

Indo-Pak Singham War By Shivaji Sarkar Playing Little Singham is the cheapest way of releasing energy and keeping cool for many millennials (new generation kids). Usually...

Kiski laathi aur kiski bhains?

CBI's Questionable Credibility By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that it is always in the eye of the storm?...

It’s India’s call!

China Must Fall By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof, International Politics, JMI) In a violent clash between the Indian and Chinese soldiers last Monday at Galwan Valley in...