RBI Rate Hike in Line with Expectations
After its first quarterly review of the monetary policy in the current financial year, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the key interest rates once again. The rates have…
Augmenting Ground Water
India with a population exceeding 1.1 billion, is the second most populous country in the world. It has an agriculture based economy having 2.45 % of the total land area…
Mulayam’s apology to Muslims
Finally Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has realized his follies and apologized to the Muslims as well as the nation for aligning with the demolisher of the historical Babri…
Israel’s Nuclear Status
ONE of the prominent issues that dominated the proceedings of the NPT Review Conference held in New York in May was the question of Israel's so called "nuclear ambiguity". During…
Universal Food Security system needed
A PRELIMINARY reading of the proposals made by the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the Food Security Bill (FSB) points to a disturbing disjuncture on what is being claimed and…
Ayodhya: Abode of Ram or Allah
On the tragic day of 6thDecember 1992 the Babri Mosque, a 450 years old archeological structure was demolished by the RSS combine, (RSS, BJP, VHP, Bajrang dal and other progeny…
Strive for excellence
The youth constitute the majority of India's population and for the next few decades, India will continue to have a large proportion of young people. I believe that when the…
Developing nations need to rebalance strategies
The central problem we face today is how to ensure protect global growth in a situation where markets have become very nervous about debt sustainability, especially in some countries in…
Statistical System Must Be Strengthen
We have come a long way since the first Statistical Abstract of British India was published over a century and a half ago. As a growing and diverse economy with…