What happens when democratic governments led to many populist schemes? Is it okay when the government begins to distribute freebies, be it colour TV sets or wet grinders, cash handouts to win elections? There would be widespread corruption and mis-management of affairs. Already we have seen how the high and mighty has fallen? The Chief…
A bureaucratic State is not a democratic State, right?
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…
Chhattisgarh Assembly elections and the menace of Naxalism!
You see that Chhattisgarh state along with four others is in the midst of an important Assembly elections and the outcome would decide the fate of the parties in the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha general elections. The political parties, in particular, the BJP and the Congress, are doing everything, from rhetoric to below the belly…
New Books on Mahatma!
There are new books on the Mahatma and they bring out new insights and perspectives! It is also time to assess the contributions of the great leader with some critical questioning. So that we get from World War-I to Partition and the present times in Indian politics when Hindutva has become a creed for narrow…
Agriculture Insurance Company?
Where is it? Farmers’ litigations: reduce pending court cases. Farmers must be compulsorily insured and also their healthcare insurance. Farmers are also prone to much litigation. So, please take steps to reduce the number of litigations in which farmers, both the sides, sometimes as tenants and land lords or sometime out of rivalries or jealousies…
Agriculture Insurance Company?
Where is it? Farmers’ litigations: reduce pending court cases. Farmers must be compulsorily insured and also their healthcare insurance. Farmers are also prone to much litigation. So, please take steps to reduce the number of litigations in which farmers, both the sides, sometimes as tenants and land lords or sometime out of rivalries or jealousies…
Agriculture, the very soul of India!
Let the public and the corporate bigwigs realise! Indian media landscape doesn’t spot the place and role of agriculture in India’s development paradigm! Indian media landscape is highly distorted. Priorities are not clear. There is an explosion of TV news channels, alright! Where do the peoples or the country’s development priorities come in? Whether the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 60-feet statue of a great Jat leader, Sir Chotu Ram
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, unveiled a 60-feet tall statue of a great Jat leader, Sir Chotu Ram, and spoken high of the pre-Independence day leader of farmers. Sir Chotu Ram had mobilised the people, peasants, to emerge as beneficiaries of many development projects, the Bhakra Nagal dam in particular that made Punjab and Haryana as…