1st phase sees boycott

India Votes By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The biggest democratic exercise in the world kicked off yesterday. Of the 543 Lok...

Rural focus imperative

BJP Must Change Strategy By Dhurjati Mukherjee Post elections the BJP must have realised thedefinite need to change strategy and focus on the needs and aspirations...

Faster bounce back!

Economy 2021 The bad year is gone. Hope of a good 2021 has set in. The bell tolls for a new India despite the burgeoning...

Industry wary of protests

CAA Non-issue By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in a tizzy. Figures apart, certain avoidable developments are adding to the woes. The slowdown or falling GDP...

Rajiv’s China visit and Nehru

US Tariff War By Inder Jit (Released on 20 December 1988) The Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, now in Beijing, deserves a hand for his bold initiative...

Not an ideal model

US Presidential Election By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) US President Donald Trump has not conceded his defeat in the presidential election and is...

Are we heading for second wave?

Vaccination Push, YeT… By Poonam I Kaushish The Covid 19 pandemic is the most tumultuous, most catastrophic and the most defining epoch of our lifetime which...

Hopeful, firms lukewarm

Modi Taps US Corp By Shivaji Sarkar The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US has tried to kindle hopes in an economy that...

Parliament and Poll Commission

By Inder Jit (Released on 19 July 1983) Parliament’s monsoon session, beginning next Monday, is appropriately getting full attention from both the Government and the Opposition....

US bonds hold up many gains

Indian Macros 'Charm' By Shivaji Sarkar Developments and statistics about India’s growth are interesting. Various contrary figures indicate a queer pitch. While global financial services group...

Imaginary distinction

Outsider-Insider By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Hundreds of workers who had gone to Kashmir in search of employment are reported to be fleeing...

Toothless Ec, netas merry

Code Of 'Misconduct' By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...

Caa: A hornest nest

Assam Burning By Poonam I Kaushish Assam is burning and North East is on fire. Protests have erupted across the seven sisters, but Assam is the...

‘Godmen’ exploitation unchecked

Hathras Tragedy By Dhurjati Mukherjee The fanaticism manifested in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras which touched around 121 people killed in the stampede is indeed distressing. According to...

Are we following right strategy?

Development Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee If one goes by the policies, programmes and statements of political leaders world over, it is discernible that tremendous development has...

Big crisis, doctor missing

Economy In Poll Season By Shivaji Sarkar The ensuing Assembly elections in five States would be contested on critical issues -- jobs, wages, inflation, development...

Should gdp be the measure?

Growth Conundrum By Dhurjati Mukherjee It’s indeed distressing to note the National Statistical Office forecast in GDP growth to be 5 per cent in 2019-20, much...

Giving dignity to deprived?

Crass Deprivation By Dhurjati Mukherjee Deprivation, which is the consequence of socio-economic disparity in our system, primarily due to the caste-system and other attendant factors, is...

Economic Revival

Discard top-down approach By Dhurjati Mukherjee Suddenly there is a great momentum for the need to revive the economy. After recent criticism by former finance minister...

Will hope help in turnaround?

Budget & Rural Sector By Dhurjati Mukherjee As indicated in the Economic Survey, which had focussed on the farm sector, employment and education, the present Union...