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Last year, Arvind Panagariya, former vice-chief of the government NITI Aayog, wrote in his book “India Unlimited – Reclaiming the Lost Glory” that Indian babus suffered from the socialist hangover, which has slowed down the pace of reforms the Modi sarkar wishes to introduce. To...

The state government is reportedly caught up with a rash of forest fires in many parts of the state. The wildfires have been hogging the headlines over last week or so. Similipal was all over the newspapers. In a span of a week between February...

I have always held that it cannot be a coincidence that India’s richest community (the Jains) and biggest business families— Ambani, Birla, Jindal, Oswal, Munjal, Hinduja, Adani are all vegetarian. The law of Karma is clearly in play: the less hurt you cause, the more...

Sometimes ignoring an issue turns out to be a good government strategy. The indifference helps the government buy time and let the issue run its course and die down sooner or later. The Centre seems to have adopted this strategy to deal with the farmers’...

In a strategic move, China held out an olive branch to India on 7 March underscoring the need to stop undercutting each other and shedding mutual suspicion. It also wants enabling conditions to be created by expanding bilateral cooperation to resolve the border issue. All...

There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But beyond the borders of the US, other countries, especially “developing” nations, were long past this milestone.  Well before 1966, when Indira Gandhi became India’s Prime Minister, the country already had...

In 2020, the Modi government decided to improve India’s standing on various indices that showed a deterioration in governance. These indices that were upsetting Delhi spanned from those produced by non-profits working in specialised areas, multilateral bodies like the United Nations, institutions traditionally seen as...

A coalition alliance government creates its own special dynamics, which affects the bureaucracy uniquely. In Maharashtra, which has a three-party alliance, this was seen when the 1985-batch IAS officer Sitaram Kunte was named the state’s new Chief Secretary. Sources say that Kunte was ignored by...

Petrol and diesel prices have been relentlessly rising over the past few months. Petrol currently sells at over Rs100 per litre in a few states like Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Petrol price had shot to Rs100 per litre in Malkangiri. The Opposition and people in...

Artificial insemination (AI) of cattle is widely practiced in countries with intensive cattle production. In 2017, the National Dairy Plan of this government aimed at artificial insemination for 35 per cent of all fertile animals. The number of inseminations is up from 20 million to...