Who says openly that the farm growth during the 11th Plan had virtually remained stagnant? Has the Prime Minister even once said about the growth rate in agriculture? Or, the Planning Commission boss? These are supposed to be economic experts, right? If these two gentlemen don’t talk openly who else will in India? Of course…
Sharad Pawar’s negative approach to grains wastage
Supreme Court’s order to distribute to the poor must be taken in the positive sense When you turn the experts’ advice what do you get? Words, words and more words and mere words! The Supreme Court in a well-meaning public interest advised the Central government to distribute the food grains stored in the open yards,…
A year of living indecisively?
It is showing off! Minister’s performance is a mix of inefficiency, evasiveness and sheer corrupt deals and much more! Yes, it is now openly admitted and acknowledged that it is no wiser and serves no purpose to blame the Prime Minister. The PM’s personal decency, no one questions. But everyone is very much concerned about…
Fuel prices rises are in the interest of the poorer sections
They must have a sense of stability and security for survival! National Bandh totally unwarranted! Cynicism of the totally bankrupt forces! See who are all in the game? The BJP under Nitin Gadkari banner seemed a welcome start. Yes, even now it is a welcome change from the good old days of L.K.Advani or the…
Food security at the time of food inflation!
We have a 17 per cent rise in food prices Already there is double digit inflation There is a world economic crisis The G-20 talked of reducing deficits in nations’ budgets Now, Sonia Gandhi leads a food security advisory council! Now also, there is going to be a change in the agriculture and food and…
Letter to Mr.Rahul Gandhi, MP
Mr.Rahul Gandhi MP, Tuglak lane. New Delhi Dear Mr.Rahul Gandhi, Sub: Congress affairs in Tamil Nadu-regarding I an old Congress member from Tamil Nadu. As you may be interested to know that I had moved closely with Pandit Nehru and Kamaraj and other senior leaders in the early 1960s and also worked at the AICC…
Jyoti Basu and the Left legacy in West Bengal
Whenever a high personality, a very senior ideological patriach like Jyoti Basu, 95, passes away, it is natural we tend to become emotional and sentimental. Jyoti Basu is a man from another age, as seen now in the context of current West Bengal politics and the sort of hotch-potch politics that rules in the name…
Letter to Sri Motilal Vohra, Member, Congress Working Committee,
Sri Motilal Vohra, Member, Congress Working Committee, Indian National Congress, 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-100 001 Dear Sri Motilal Vohraji, Sub: The working of the Congress party and the image of the government-regarding I hope this letter finds your attention, given how busy everyone of us is! I am a Congressman for long, since the…