No CMD for the Agriculture Insurance Corporation! Prime Minister’s many welfare schemes: what progress? There are many of the Modi government welfare schemes that are advertised extensively. One of the welfare schemes is about the farmers’ crop insurance scheme. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana. It is a year since the scheme was launched. The new…
The rise of liberalism in the world.
How we in India understand the economic growth and political fall-outs? How transparent is governance in India? After all these years of Modi government? Parties, castes and dynasties don’t change anyway! Now, Modi government is out of the woods, so to say? Demonetisation has eased peoples’ hardships? Country and the issues are of a long-term…
Demonetisation Drive and the economic slowdown?
The reality and the multiple issues. The government is now on accelerating economic growth by all means. The World Bank has now put the Indian economic growth rate at 7 per cent. This is way down from what we claimed to be the world’s fastest growing economy. Even faster than what China was claiming. After…
The flow and direction of history
We live in a globalised world, right? What is the future of global civilisation, if at all? After the ‘Decline and Fall of Roman Civilisation’, what are the new features of a civilized world? What would shape man’s hopes for a better style of living? Is a more equal world, a more equitable world possible?…
Is ethics in public life possible?
That is what those committed to education must be worried about! We live in exciting times, right? Even the kids are playing with iPads! The very small ones talk of so many things, about dinosaurs, DNA and what not! We just now read about a news item on how pre-school kids read about fictional characters,…
Demonetisation, cash crunch and the outcome!
Modi government at the moment, after the one month period of demonetisation drive, hasn’t come out of the words, so to say. In fact, the situation is becoming more and more complex and “no solution in sight”@ to quote the veteran BJP ally Mr.Chandrababu Naidu. Mr.Naidu is more wiser and pragmatic when it comes to…
NGOs and the larger picture of Indian democracy, development and peoples’ various freedoms!
You see that NGOs, the non-governmental organisations, are a time honoured legacy. In any country the world over there are various types of NGOs. More so in a democracy the atmosphere for NGOs spring up is so varied and very conducive to bring forth the spirit of the people to do so much good work…
An Optimistic Outlook for Agriculture?
With a rain deficit of 60 per cent? Yes, it looks like, considering the erratic weather pattern predicted by the various global weather models and also their over-all prediction of a ‘rain-normal’ model for the New Year for the country. From Thiruvanathanpuram comes news of a report on scattered to isolated rain for the Southern…