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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A year has passed since the country lost its veteran leader Arun Jaitley. In last one year, I have not met a single person in the political, administrative or social circles who would have not missed Jaitley even once. Several leaders from the opposition too have stated that had Jaitley been there he would have […]
Shri Rajeev Shukla Government of India has issued a circular dated 4 September, 2020, in which the creation of new jobs within the Government has been completely stopped. The Circular issued by the Finance Ministry suggests that new jobs cannot be created in the government. The circular also says that existing vacancies should also not […]
New Delhi: Within a year, the country’s polity has lost two valuable leaders who hailed from different political parties but were similar in their spirit. First, we lost BJP leader Arun Jaitley and recently, Congress leader Ahmed Patel. Both leaders not only enjoyed important positions in their respective parties but were regarded as “heavyweights”. Both were […]
Rajeev Shukla–(The writer is a Former Minister Government of India & ex Chairman IPL) With the victory in 1971 India had emerged at the global stage as world leader. The Indian leadership had demonstrated to the world that with a world class Indian Army and equally strong leadership, a war may be fought and won. […]