To take advantage of the size of our farming industry and also the new opportunities opening in international trade! Seems we are very sluggish country when it comes to farm sector reforms! Let the government invite advice from experts! From here and also from abroad! A new India -China study, reported in the mainstream media…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Agriculture in India
No media support at the time of social media explosion! A recent Assochem report says a decline in print media reading and also a rise in the time for social media among the media focused society. This is so for the rather older generation and more so for the younger new generation readers. Print media…
At the feet of Socrates! Know thyself!
Nothing in excess! Man is the measure of things! Three Greek ideals! These are the lessons the momentous, historic visit once again brought home to us. A lesson I sought to learn more than half a century and yet only what I missed by chance so many years ago, in 1959-61 when I was at…
IT Companies in distress
Yes, they are expelling thousands out of jobs IT biggies gone underground! Why IT leaders remain tongue-tied? There are reports almost daily that hundreds and thousands of mid-career IT professionals with families and school-going children, loans on housing to repay etc. are asked on a daily basis, as soon as they enter their offices in…
O.7 per cent only large farmers!
70 per cent are small and marginal farmers with less than one hectare of farm land! So, what sort of farm policies you make for these unviable farmers who easily resort to the only option to deal with mounting debe4ts? Suicide and that is what needs to be address. How do you do this? Not…
Presidential elections won’t be a surprise!
PM’s candidate is welcome! What are the issues, if any? Opposition leaders had met the Government representatives and the common candidate is unlikely. If the past practice is any guide, there would be a Government candidate, possibly a BJP veteran or someone who could win the majority vote which is likely to gather momentum as…
Indian agriculture in a crisis phase
What can be done, both in the short and the long-term? Short-run solutions are obvious. Give farm loans waiver! Easy to say, difficult to implement! This demand and also conceding the demand is now more a political decision and it is for the Prime Minister, more than for anyone to take a final decision. Farmers…
Press in India, free or weak!
Press freedom a concern for the elite only? A new head for the Broadcasting machinery appointed! A new maturity and a new liberal approach to press freedom make India a stronger democracy! We saw the news item on the RedInk awards for India’s best journalists! Media freedom is more talked about than upheld. In most…