Psbs better on thin spread
More Pvt Banks Fail
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public sector banks (PSB) are critically needed today as these were in 1969, is virtually the message that the...
Are elections a farce?
2019 Alarming Trends
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Elections are almost nearing completion in the world's largest democracy. But the developments leading to these elections point to...
Political Funds
All hush-hush about slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian...
Redo Economic Maths
Loan Waiver Populism
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is going through a piquant phase. On the one hand, there is competitive politics on giving succour...
Abolishing Triple Talaq
Boost to gender equality
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The recent landmark judgement of the Supreme Court striking down the controversial Islamic practice of instant talaq, has...
Alarm, not penalty
Garbage Tax
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Greater Chennai Corporation announced Garbage Tax a few days back to the surprise of all residents and gave...
Kerala sounds bugle
CAA Dissent Note
By Insaf
Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...
Trump’s Flip-Flops
India should engage Pak
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The US President Donald Trump’s tweet on 14 October had the South Block (India’s external...
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...
Effective police state?
New I-T Rules
By Shivaji Sarkar
The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...
The 39 are alive, no dead!
Mistakes in Mosul
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The tragic death of Indian workers in Mosul, Iraq was shrouded in confusion and miscommunication. The...
Can India meet challenge?
Climate Goals
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled to begin on 30 November in the UAE, meeting climate goals would be in the forefront. Moreover,...
Avoid tribal backlash
Forest Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court decision asking States to implement their own orders, rejecting 11.8 lakh claims over forest land by Scheduled Tribes...
Gdp up, core in a tizzy
India's 'Khush Hua' Moment,
By Shivaji Sarkar
Sudden boost to India’s GDP in the fourth quarter of the financial year made it momentously different at 6.1...
Judicious planning vital
Privatising Railways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Indian Railways plan to allow privatisation has been announced and it is to become a reality from April 2023....
Modi’s gaurantee vs Congress Nyay
Tale Of Two Manifestos
By Poonam I Kaushish
The stage is set, audiences anticipate as the curtain rises on India’s nautanki of democracy, an ideological spectacle...
Govt denial is of no help
Severe Unemployment
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding claims of the Modi government on having generated jobs given the 'vast development' that has taken place, a recent report...
Tech transfer to cut import bill
Indigenisation of Products
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In recent months, the Centre has given a greater thrust to indigenisation of products to boost up manufacturing. Though rather...
Can we rise above petty politics?
Governance of Capital City
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The recent judgment of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench clarifying the relative powers of the...
Vendetta vs protocol
Centre-Bengal Row
By Insaf
‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...