From villagers to experts: what they say? There is popular fear after the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster! But experts surveyed here say, almost uniformly, nuclear power is a superior solution to the all other alternatives. Coal has ruined the environment, in USA and China, notably. Oil and natural gas in short supply and prices fluctuate…
Green Revolution, a cliche?
Agriculture in times of confusion and uncertainties! Yes, agriculture is always a low-grade activity in many countries. In India at present, everyone in the government is tired of hearing about farmers’ suicides and too much about poverty and the por. India is now at the cusp of radical changes. There is the new middle classes…
Corporate farming! Contract farming!
They are different! One has to be seen from the farmers’ point of view! The other is seen from the corporate point of view! There are no clear policies for either of the two sectors! There has been progress in some states Haryana, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Punjab allow contract farming. Big corporates like UB (for…
Elections in the states
Tamil Nadu was the real challenge! Chief Election Commissioner says so! Why? Elections and democracy’s survival now hinges on the way the big corporates go about lobbying for licenses, even now! The Chief Election Commissioner SY.Quraishi must be congratulated for his bold and decisive steps he and his team has taken to conduct the state…
Public Accounts Committee report
Let us not reduce time-honoured institutions partisan politics! This will rebound on the government and the party system in our democracy! The Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Parliament has come out with a report that, to say the least, is as troubling as when the Supreme Court said about the PM’s inactiveness in the first place…
Agriculture in the states
Farming is now becoming profitable? Yes, with rising food inflation and doubling of farm costs Agriculture seems set for a new opportunity? Various populist policies hide the real status and progress in agriculture schemes Too much empty rhetoric has clouded agriculture development in the states. At the Centre no less cloudy is the status of…
Ratan Tata appears before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament!
Lessons for the corporate world and the government Ratan Tata, the iconic chairman of the Tata group of companies has recently come for some adverse attention. It is a great pity that Tatas whose name symbolizes the very prestige of the Indian economic strength and in a way, give s a sense of pride and…
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011
Strong case for a new breakaway Congress party in Tamil Nadu Damaging revelations on Rahul Gandhi’s capabilities! Sonia Gandhi confidants give some revealing inside story of Sonia Gandhi! Yes, there is a mood of rebellion against the corrupt DMK in Tamil Nadu. The DMK is deep in corruption cases now monitored by the Supreme Court….