Agri scientists bypassed, Bureaucrats sneak in! Many agri policies require agri experience and agri expertise! This is not the first time we see bureaucrats in India seeking their own ascendancy. India is a land of full of bureaucrats and civil servants! Now, even the politicians are losing out! India had been a haven for bureaucrats…
Category: Society
The future of free media!
The idea of media freedom in a constrained atmosphere! Is India a truly a free country? A liberal and open society? Such questions are not asked. Not because those who are tempted to ask don’t ask, they are constrained. The other day when a national newspaper celebrated its 140th anniversary its publisher wrote and pointed…
Landmark legislation too could become out of date!
The SC/ST Act and the many land legislation acts too fall in this category. Indian is known for a country with very many outdated legislation from the British era. In the Independent India too we have enacted some legislation in the time of many in justices and inequities in fast changing socio-economic times. Times have…
Do you know the Prasar Bharati?
Now, in a latest move the government has drawn from the supposed autonomous institutions like DD and AIR and posed them,15 and 16 respectively, and posted them to work as publicity officers for various ministries. The government’s publicity wing, Press Information Bureau, PIB, is going to see, say reports, a conflict of interest and confusion….
Government and publicity!
It is time we take serious steps to revamp the government publicity and also try hard to evolv e a credible independent media, both in the public and the private sector. It is not an easy job that can be done by any minister or a bureaucrat. Please consult the experts and known professionals with…
First, Americans are a stressed lot!
Second, Indians are an agitated lot! What is happening to countries as different as the USA and India? They are all unhappy, disturbed and so it goes! Americans are worried about their health, economy, trust in government, Hate crimes, Crimes, Wars and Conflicts, Terrorist attacks. High taxes, unemployment and low wages climate change and environment….
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…
Linking the rivers, building the waterways!
Finding solutions to the world’s water crisis! Water resources is a critical factor these days. So too the critical leadership that is sensitive and committed to augmenting water resources for agriculture and drinking water and for the general health of the economy and society. What do we see on the ground? Very narrow political and…