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So Shall They Reap

Would the new farm legislation harm farmer interest, end the MSP-based procurement regime and benefit corporates? Or, would these give farmers freedom to trade across states, double their income, bring prosperity? The jury...

25 September 2020

Hunger Games

India’s social security system needs strenghtening

10 January 2020

One Nation, One Ration Card! Centre's Right To Food Campaign May Leave Plates Empty

Centre’s proposals for single-point solutions to state subjects raise the Opposition’s hecklesThe BJP-led NDA government's plan to link ration cards with Aadhaar cards has raised a stink. In any case, food is a state...

09 August 2019

Mandis Get A Union Rejig

Why farmers are agitating against the Centre’s ordinance route to reorganising India’s system of agricultural marketing

18 September 2020

Perform Or Perish! Naveen Patnaik's Ambitious '5T' Plan To Make Odisha Efficient Takes Off

Team work, technology, transparency, transformation and time limit will be the five factors on which performance of government officials and projects will be judged

05 October 2019

‘India Can’t Be Refugee Capital Of World’: Centre Asks SC To Extend Assam Citizens List Deadline

The Centre on Friday asked the Supreme Court to extend the July 31st deadline for Assam draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), saying there have been wrongful inclusions in areas bordering Bangladesh.

19 July 2019

God In The Act

The Centre tries to wriggle out of its GST commitment to states by blaming Covid

11 September 2020

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OPINION | Budget Arithmetic For 2019-20 Reveals The Potential Concerns On Fiscal Federalism

Some of the important figures in Union Budget for 2019-20 would seem a little too ambitious if one takes a close look at two sets of budgetary figures available at present for Union Government’s finances for the year...

11 July 2019

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18 June 2019
Govt Sacks 15 Senior Customs, Central Excise Officers Over Corruption, Bribery Charges

Govt Sacks 15 Senior Customs, Central Excise Officers Over Corruption, Bribery Charges

Invoking rule 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules, the government has sacked Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs officers, some of whom were already under...


14 June 2019
How India Wants Its Money And Why Cashless Transaction Is Far From Reality

How India Wants Its Money And Why Cashless Transaction Is Far From Reality

With 100 million users in a country of 1,350 million, cashlessness of the digital kind is a long way home


07 June 2019
Rajnath Singh Added To 4 More Committees, Govt Rebalances Composition Of Key Panels

Rajnath Singh Added To 4 More Committees, Govt Rebalances Composition Of Key Panels

Defence Ministre Rajnath Singh will also chair the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and be a part of the all-important panel on political affairs,...


30 May 2019
Team Modi 2.0: Full List Of PM's Council Of Ministers

Team Modi 2.0: Full List Of PM's Council Of Ministers

There are 24 cabinet ministers In Narendra Modi's new government and as many Ministers of State (MoS) while nine others have been given MoS with independent...


11 May 2019
'Modicare' A Significant  Step Towards Universal  Health Coverage In India: US Think Tank

'Modicare' A Significant Step Towards Universal Health Coverage In India: US Think Tank

Based on the analysis of the first year of Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), popularly known as “Modicare”, researchers at the Washington...


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08 May 2019
Anatomy Of A Middle-Class Electorate: Neither Forward Nor Backward, Just Awkward

Anatomy Of A Middle-Class Electorate: Neither Forward Nor Backward, Just Awkward

The Indian middle class feels ­entitled to political opinion like no other social strata yet shies away from electoral action. Why?


26 April 2019
To Check ‘Deadwood’, Govt. Reviews Service Records Of Over 1,100 IAS Officers

To Check ‘Deadwood’, Govt. Reviews Service Records Of Over 1,100 IAS Officers

The review was done by the central government following strict criteria, with respect to officers, who had completed 25 years of service, or attained 50 years...


19 March 2019
BJP's Pramod Sawant Takes Oath As Goa CM, Credits Parrikar For Bringing Him Into Politics

BJP's Pramod Sawant Takes Oath As Goa CM, Credits Parrikar For Bringing Him Into Politics

After multiple postponements of the oath ceremony on Monday, the day when his predecessor Manohar Parrikar was cremated with state honours, Pramod Sawant was...


02 March 2019
The Short Change Card

The Short Change Card

Is the government’s new dole scheme another mirage or will the farmer benefit?


27 January 2019
Elderly Couple Resorts To Begging To Raise Money For 'Bribe' In Telangana

Elderly Couple Resorts To Begging To Raise Money For 'Bribe' In Telangana

Frustrated at being made to run from pillar to post, the couple started begging to collect money to be given as bribe to the Tehsildhar.


22 December 2018
Kerala Government's Flagship Housing Project Hits HUDCO Hurdle

Kerala Government's Flagship Housing Project Hits HUDCO Hurdle

The LIFE (Livelihood Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) scheme aims to provide safe housing to nearly 4.30 lakh homeless people within a period of five years.


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22 December 2018
US Govt Shuts Down After Trump Fail To Reach Consensus On Border Wall

US Govt Shuts Down After Trump Fail To Reach Consensus On Border Wall

Trump has dug in on his demand for USD 5 billion for construction of a wall on the US border with Mexico.


21 December 2018
Ahead Of 2019 Battle, BJP In A Soul-Search Mode

Ahead Of 2019 Battle, BJP In A Soul-Search Mode

The defeat in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan has made the larger Sangh parivar restless. The signs of disaffection are showing and voices of...


30 November 2018
Kerala Govt Issues Guideline On Media Interaction, Sparks Controversy

Kerala Govt Issues Guideline On Media Interaction, Sparks Controversy

Attacking the Left government, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said the guidelines would amount to restrictions on the fourth estate.


29 November 2018
Demonetisation A 'Massive, Draconian, Monetary Shock': Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian

Demonetisation A 'Massive, Draconian, Monetary Shock': Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian

However, Subramanian, who quit the post earlier this year after a four-year tenure, has kept to himself on whether he was consulted in the decision-making...


27 November 2018
AAP Passes Resolution To Bring Delhi Police Under Elected Government

AAP Passes Resolution To Bring Delhi Police Under Elected Government

The demands came after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was attacked with chilli powder in the Delhi Secretariat last week.


21 November 2018
Trump 'Stands With' Saudi Arabia, Defends Crown Prince Over Khashoggi's Death

Trump 'Stands With' Saudi Arabia, Defends Crown Prince Over Khashoggi's Death

The president issued an extraordinary statement of support and repeated what Saudi had claimed earlier---- "the murdered journalist was enemy of the state'.


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