Systematic plan vital
Job Drought
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Statistical data reveals that during the last few years, job creation has been minimal. In fact the Government has been cornered...
Where is the political will?
Kashmir: Elusive Peace
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Political India is in the midst of loud cantankerous cackle on Kashmir. All...
Manufacturing hub envisioned
No More Critical Exports
By Shivaji Sarkar
The call for atmanirbhar Bharat has been given a new touch for “enhancing capacity, creativity and skills”. In his...
Blurred j&k strategy?
BDC Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...
Playing with people’s money
RBI-Govt Spat
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is both good and bad news. India rises to 77th in ease of doing business, jumping 23 paces in World...
Critical cultural heritage
Handloom Industry
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
August 7, the Day when Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal...
Testament for a new movement
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 January 1986)
One era has ended and another has begun. The Congress Centenary Celebrations rung down the curtain on the...
Dangerous future ahead
Politics on Roads
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
New Year season is celebrated this year in Mumbai with violent street level politics virtually...
Spiritual outreach to saarc
Reclaiming United India
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
A comrade attending a conference with me in Budapest somewhat surprised me as he said, “you...
A Juvenile Controversy
Constitution Review
By Inder Jit
(Released on 6 March 2000)
India faces and has faced in the post-Nehru era many crises mainly on one score. It has...
BJP agenda muddies waters
Lakshadweep Turmoil
By Insaf
Tiny Lakshadweep has hit national headlines, for all the wrong reasons. Misplaced ‘reforms’, as proposed by Administrator P K Patel in the...
New govt’s priorities
Beyond Borders
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After two months of mind and body-wrenching electioneering in the biggest democracy in the world, the results...
Thrust on Nuclear power vital?
Reducing Emission Intensity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The year 2024 was the warmest year in the history of the Earth, the first to exceed 1.50 C pre-industrial...
Neglect of poor inevitable!
Budgetary Allocations
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budgetary allocations are broadly made on the basis of expected revenue mobilisation for the year. Obviously, the criteria in making...
Earnings up Rs 64 bn a year
Monopoly Helps Google India
By Shivaji Sarkar
Internet giants are having fortunes in India for weak anti-trust or monopoly laws. Google alone repatriates Rs 64 billion...
Awaiting political dawn
Kashmir Conundrum
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Political India is in the midst of loud cantankerous cackle on Jammu &...
Poll has thrown up basic issues
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 March 1985)
Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...
Why voters choose differently
Centre, State Elections
By Brij Bhardwaj
Political observers have been pre-occupied with the attempts by opposition leaders to unite and form a common front to take...
Bengal polls key to future
Economic Policy
By Shivaji Sarkar
West Bengal elections may be a referendum for India’s economic policies. It will decide whether the politics of “reformist economy” will...
Recession fear grips
Fortune Lost In Stocks Crash
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian stock market is crashing again, perhaps on artificial resuscitation and gasping. The pressure is building. Recent...