Where are the funds? When it will be disbursed? Where are the institutions to receive the funds? Who are all accountable for the funds use or misuse? Any hopes for rural India? For the rural poor? The Central government seems to have lost its direction and also the initial dynamism for action. Many new developments…
Indian agriculture has become stagnant
Create an agricultural innovation subsidy fund We need innovative ideas and projects in agriculture and agribusiness development projects. It is a fact that Indian agriculture has become stagnant. Statistics have been bandied about by now by the Prime Minister, the Dy. Planning Commission boss and also by Sharad Pawar. There are simply no new innovative…
Budget allocations for education and health : Corporate hospitals!
Tele-medicine should reach India’s remote areas. The budget makes generous allocations for education. But not enough for health. The allocations in the budget for national rural health mission allots just less than Rs. 2,000 more ( from Rs.8,420 crore to Rs.10,280 crore). We have a non-speaking Prime Minister and an over-talking Finance Minister.It seems that…
Update the school standards!
International Baccalaureate? IGCSE? Public Schools and established schools must go for them! Indian schools need updating!Indian schools must become international standard schools. There is an Indian Public Schools Conference organisation.Not much is heard of its activities, perhaps its activities are not worth reporting in the press or worthy of public attention. It is time we…
Amartya Sen on rural migration
Where too many theories don’t work! Amartya Sen was in India recently and he was at his usual best: brilliant, insightful and oh, too many stimulating words and suggestions. So too another Nobel Prize economist, the American Joseph Stiglitz too was in India and he too was so brilliant and made very many insightful points….
Pawar calls the State Agri ministers meeting
The new national policy is too long a statement and short on realistic issues! Agriculture can thrive only in a growing economy! More industrialisation, urbanisation and services sector can only make agriculture market-driven and more efficient! Who says agriculture can grow only when there is more concentration on agriculture. Yes, it seems ironic that those…
Sharad Pawar’s term as Agri Minister : How it would be judged?
There was this innocent news item. It said “Sharad Pawar has to take greater interest in the cricket game and think beyond the millions and billions involved, the money, after all the all of us are contributing”(Asian Age). Yes, Pawar is more known for the game than for the game of politics and in particular…
Mamata Banerjee’s political violence and vandalaism!
Tatas car project a prestigious issue for the West Bengal government Mamata Banerjee is variously called, the stormy petral, Didi and the various names, both complementary and also negative. Somehow, the Trinamul Congress leader is known for her unpredictability and her party is also known for its changing political alliances. Sonia Gandhi tried and failed…