Green dreams and harsh realities: Plenty of renewables, little transmission
Under the Paris Climate change accord, India has committed 40 per cent of its total energy production from non-fossil fuel sources by 2040 The Centre has also decided to set up mega solar parks...
Random Reflections-Finance Minister on the rampage guided by BCG
Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman while unveiling EASE 30 Public Sector Bank Reform plan stated, “Your good will is lost, personal connection is lost, assessment at the bottom level is lost… forgetting branch level connect with...
Random Reflections- Bankrupt Government Looting the Banks
New method Kissan Credit Card scheme to 9 crore PM-Kisan beneficiaries in 2 weeks. The Prime Minister had promised that they would not interfere with Banks. He had accused the previous government of doing...
Random Reflection: PMO, Finance Ministry and the Finance Mess
It’s a known fact that decisions of every Ministry is taken by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which has officers responsible for each Ministry. For a population of 130 billion, one PMO, which earlier...
Marie Antoinette’s Musings for Agriculture
Two decades ago any researcher studying the agrarian scenario could not have missed the near ubiquitous possession of Parle G biscuits by the footloose migrants driven by crisis to travel distant lands in search...
Faultlines in the path of PSU privatisation
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, on page 158 in Chapter 7 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly not efficient today”. This is the statement issued by the owner of these banks. If...
Analysis of the Economic Survey 2019-2020
The analysis of the Economic Survey 2019-2020 is an attempt to help common people and activists understand the document, as well as the budget 2020 better, in the light of what is said in...
Catering to Finance alone can not qualify India as Democracy
Budget placed in the Indian Parliament on 1st February fails to send out a long due message to the stagnating Indian economy. This is by failing to announce policies for a possible recovery of...
Random Reflections: Selling the Mangalsutra- LIC Listing
The present government is on a selling spree. Cartoonists have crafted some promising cartoons showing the Finance Minister of the country selling BSNL, Air India, BHEL etc. like a vegetable vendor. The government appears...
When the Wealth Creators are Invisibilised
At the first anniversary of the formation of the Department of Fisheries there is little to celebrate in the Budget 2020 from the point of view of traditional and small-scale fish workers who are...
दलित- आदिवासियों के नज़रिए से बजट का विश्लेषण
केंद्रीय बजट 2020-21 के आने के बाद से ही इसपर चर्चाओं का सिलसिला शुरू हो गया है। दलित आदिवासी शक्ति अधिकार मंच (दशम), डॉ. अंबेडकर कोऑपरेटिव फेडरेशन, जन आंदोलनोंका राष्ट्रीय समन्वय (एन ए पी एम) ने दलित, आदिवासियों और सफाई कर्मचारियों...
Random Reflections: Economic Survey 2020 – Clueless, Careless & Directionless
Economic Survey of the government earlier used to provide a lot of analytic data. The report constituted of what has been achieved and what has to be the direction for economic and social development...
बजट 2020-21 भारत की डुबती अर्थव्यवस्था को किनारे लाने से चुका !
बजट 2020-21 अर्थव्यवस्था को ठीक करने का एक मौका चूक गया जो एक गहरी मंदी से गुजर रहा है और सभी आकडें अभूतपूर्व आर्थिक मंदी की ओर इशारा कर रहे है। इस मंद अर्थव्यवस्था...
A Case of Missing the Wood for the Trees: Analysis of Budget 2020
The budget missed an opportunity to fix the economy, which is reeling under an unprecedented slowdown, with all indices pointing towards a recession. This was one of the much-anticipated budget, given that the country...