The idea of New India or India of 21st Century was conceived in the Eighties, the fag end of previous century. Interestingly, it was also a decade of television in the country. Evening news broadcast announced the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. The first televised news of the magnitude had tremendous impact on […]
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सस्ते दामों पर आम लोगों को पेट्रोल डीजल दिया जाता तो आम आदमी खुद देश की अर्थव्यवस्था पटरी पर ले आता। ऐसा होता तो आज देश की अर्थव्यवस्था दौड़ रही होती। यह कहना भी अतिश्योक्ति न होगा कि सस्ता पेट्रोल-डीजल आम आदमी यानी उपभोक्ता को दिया जाये तो वो खुद ही देश की अर्थ व्यवस्था […]
Within hours of winning the UP elections, the new Chief Minister Mayawati initiated action against corrupt politicians in the state. In my view, she should come down equally heavily on the main conduits of corruption in the state, namely the senior bureaucrats who worked hand in glove with the politicians. The previous government nurtured senior […]
Although parliament has passed the new forest bill – giving tribal settlers ownership rights to property in forests – legislation alone is not going to help tribal inhabitants much. What is more important is the implementation of the legislation at the ground level with the involvement and participation of the local population in it. As […]