Dependence on pvt sector!

Economic Survey By Dhurjati Mukherjee Most Economic Surveys and the recent one too presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lot of optimism, but questions remain...

Overstated, curb profits

Petro Price Bogey By Shivaji Sarkar Fuel is not only scarce, but expensive. More the pricey it is, higher is the profits of the oil companies....

Free, fair and without fear

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 July 1981) Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...

Wanted: Opposition that works

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 June 1981) The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...

Common man yearns attention

India's Billionaires Flourish By Dhurjati Mukherjee Amid growing concern over the New Year somewhat being difficult with inflation affecting the common man, subdued investment and disturbing...

Punjab wriggles out of it

Office of Profit By Insaf The idiom 'better safe than sorry' makes good sense to the Punjab Government. Aware of growing frustration amongst his flock of...

Pvt hires mere 2.5% 

Job Quota A Poll Myth! By Shivaji Sarkar In this dance of democracy, scarce resources are seemingly rambling up the election tempo. Religious slant on employment...

Liquor shops under lockdown

Long for Freedom By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Madras High Court on 8 May directed the State Government to close all 3,850...

Faith in ayurveda, naturopathy

Gandhi & Health By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee India hit headlines as the world's largest public health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna,...

Will it bridge govt-opp divide?

Parliament:New Beginning By Poonam I Kaushish There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the temple...

Company donations not enough

By Inder Jit (Released on 26 March 1985) Opinion on the latest Union Budget continues to be sharply divided, as reflected in some refreshingly candid comments...

Cash must for small business

Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...

2022:New hopes & promises

Covid Spoils Party Again By Poonam I Kaushish How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll out the...

Strategy adaption critical

Environmental Decay By Dhurjati Mukherjee A recent study published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’ journalfound that nearly 74,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed...

Ganga plains in Eco crisis

Himalayas Face Snow Famine By Shivaji Satkar An alarm bell is tolling. A “snow famine”, or more accurately, recurrent and intensifying snow droughts, is occurring in the...

Is it Secular or Communal?

State Control of Temples By S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A landmark judgement of the Supreme Court restoring the ceremonial rights of the ex-royals of...

India must respond politically!

Deadly Coronavirus By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The outbreak of Coronavirus amounting to a global epidemic seems to have serious repercussion on politics and...

Scrap jazzy projects, psu sale

Economy Corrections By Shivaji Sarkar Various packages announced cannot cope up with the losses and slowdown as a result of lockdown. The economic situation as repeatedly...

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...

Catchphrase or realistic?

Corporate Social Responsibility By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently, Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani hit the headlines after he committed Rs 60,000 crore ($7.7 billion) to social causes...