Relook into law needed
Contempt of Court
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Controversies over the contempt of court law will go on irrespective of the final scene...
Ut on sale, a betrayal?
J&K Land Laws
Good, bad or ugly, is a question that needs debate after the Centre amended and notified land laws for Jammu & Kashmir....
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...
India must simplify
GST not el dorado
By Shivaji Sarkar
The goods and service tax (GST) or ‘one nation one tax’ is not the kind of El Dorado the...
Judiciary must act
Increase in PILs
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Replying to the debate on the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed by the...
Beyond party politics
Delhi Government
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Parliament passed the Government of National Capital Territory (Amendment) Bill on 24 March and the President...
Where is the vaccine?
Policy in a mess
By Poonam I Kaushish
The proof of the pudding is in eating. In medical analogy proof of India’s vaccine failure is in...
Abstract, price cuts vital
FM's Stimulus
By Shivaji Sarkar
A booster dose of about Rs 6.28 lakh crore stimulus to push credit is supposedly an official phenomenon to rev up...
CEA stokes hope
Asian Gloom
By Shivaji Sarkar
After a long time Chief Economic Advisor Surbramanian Krishnamurthy has given a boost to the confidence of the nation with his...
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...
Hindutva versus OBC
UP Battlelines
By Insaf
Battlelines are getting drawn and redrawn in five States going to the polls, with Uttar Pradesh getting sharp focus at the national...
North East upbeat
Removal of AFPSA
By Insaf
Well begun is half done!Chief Ministers of North East, particularly Assam, Nagaland and Manipur are upbeat as the Centre’s announcement of...
Growth a mirage
Price Jigsaw
By Shivaji Sarkar
High or as some call it hyperinflation, i.e. rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases, has become a serious issue with...
No perpetual poll snydrome
One Nation, One Poll
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! If the heat-wave was not bad enough, elections really poop one out. Specially, in our country which...
Setback for didi, tmc
West Bengal Scandal
By Insaf
West Bengal’s fiery Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is caught on the backfoot. Despite putting up a strong front, her and TMC’s...
Mockery of people’s verdict
Goa Cong Joins BJP
By Insaf
People’s will be damned, is a dispiriting message now coming from Goa. With eight of 11 Congress MLAs joining the...
Ending abuse of quota system?
EWS Verdict
By Sagarneel Sinha
It has been quite common to hear from the upper castes that the reservation system hampers growth. They often argue that...
Weak, global slump likely
2023 Economic Prospects
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Reports about the economic prospects for 2023, both on India and the world, appear quite stark. Former Reserve Bank of...
Stop sweeping muck under carpet
Guillotine Hate
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles, an adage which shows how we are sinking...
Control, better usage vital
Food Waste
By Dr.Oishee Mukherjee
With reports of an impending El Nino effect impacting agricultural production and resultant higher food prices would obviously affect populous countries...