UP Assembly elections critical for the Sonia Gandhi survival So, the Election Commission’s petition to the President goes unresolved on date! So, the Prime Minister won’t interfere! In the Law Minister-Election Commission confrontation? So, Sonia Gandhi calls the shots? See, who are all the decisive spokespersons? All from the same source: 10, Janpath! We don’t…
Bankers fail their mandate!
Agri loan targets/priority lending misses the targets! Pranab Mukerjee is likely to raise farm lending target by a 25% rise! Bankers are seen always big boys. In fact, bad big boys. The man on the street sees the big and massive bank buildings as a sign of their bigness. But this is an illusion. Times…
India and China : The ironies and the realties!
Comparisons, contrasts and a competitive evaluation! China’s 70 rich delegates to Parliament! India’s 36 richest Member of Parliament! China’s richest support the party and the government! India’s richest too support the party and government? Some comparisons of what is happening inside China and in India! Yes, we seem to imagine and feel a bit complacent…
Indian democracy at the cross roads
Supreme Court of India gives a landmark judgement on the PMO. Not on the Prime Minister himself! Future historians would decide what this landmark judgement has for the evolution of democratic practices in India. Will India become a role model for democracies in Asia and the Third World? Just now I read in The Economist…
Why entry of big corporates in agri/horti failed?
There is no rational reason why the big corporates like Tatas and Birlas and Mittal failed. Simply because, they had succeeded in other areas like telecom and oil and gas, there is no obvious link with their strategy to enter agriculture. In fact, it is for the simple naive reason that the next big thing…
Corporate farm ventures failing?
Yes, for the right reasons! You can’t become monopolies overnight! Yes, that is what the men-in-hurry type new corporates try to do in an area where much modern day farming is left neglected. Far too long! See what an average farmer psychology is? An average Indian farmer today is a cellar debtor! He is exploited…
Agriculture share in GDP is fast dipping!
Is is now only 14 per cent of the GDP! Last year it was 15 per cent! Yet, the share of the people dependent on the fast decreasing agri output is 47 per cent. So, where is the government’s promise of raising investments, in industry and agriculture and also generating productive employment? It is becoming…
Air India, a national icon, today a national shame?
AI Express, other national carriers threaten the safety of passengers? Serious issues in civil aviation industry calls for immediate attention. Vijay Mallya, the Kingfisher’s man says the media in India gives his airline too much attention. Right! The Indian media lost its credibility. No one in the media stands up for the larger cause. National…