IPA Special
Modi Is Talking Of Atmanirbhar But Dismantling Public Sector Units
By Dr Somu The Union cabinet has recently approved the proposal to sell government stake in 23 public sector enterprises (PSEs). Disclosing the decision, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman said that disinvestment of BPCL, Air India and Railways (partially) would help the government meet its divestment target of...
National Education Policy Will Be Of Little Benefit To Indian Poor
By Arun Srivastava No education policy will prove to be of any worth unless the annual budgetary allocation for improvement of education is substantially increased. Besides the most important issue that needs an explanation from the government is what kind of education it envisages to provide to the...
Universal Basic Income Is The Best Option To Help The Poor In Covid Era
By Bert Schouwenburg The economic shutdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing job losses have rekindled enthusiasm for the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI), a concept that manages to divide opinion not only between left and right, but within left and right circles too....
Congress Needs Leadership, Direction, Revival And A New Narrative
By Kalyani Shankar For the first time since Sonia Gandhi took over as the Congress President after the resignation of Rahul Gandhi last August, the rift between the old guard loyal to Sonia and the Team Rahul has come out wide in the open. The reason for the...
Parliament Must Discuss New Education Policy Before Adoption
By Binoy Viswam As has become trademark of the Narendra Modi government during the COVID-19 pandemic, once again Parliament has been side-stepped in a matter of national importance as the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy. As a matter of great national importance that will affect India’s...
BJP’S Central Leadership Using Pilot To Cut Vasundhara To Size
By Arun Srivastava If the BJP has been acting on a simple one line mission to pull down the Ashok Gehlot’s Congress government, it would have accomplished the task by now. But BJP’s mission is not so unpretentious. Its strategy to dethrone Gehlot has many dimensions; the primary...
Vietnam Can Be A Big Participant In India’s Global Supply Chain
By Subrata Majumder Since the face-off between India and China fuelled up in Ladakh, chorus for de-coupling India from China erupted to boycott Chinese products. The government has already put some barriers to the economic engagement with China, spiking security concern. It restricted Chinese FDI approval through...
Education Has To Be Tuned To Aspirations Of Rural India
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee Knowledge and labour are the two key ingredients of human civilization. They work through extensive social cooperation. Hence the terms of social cooperation will determine which sections of society mainly gains from education and labour. Knowledge is formally produced and reproduced through the education...
A Judicial Memorandum For Legislations Is Urgently Needed Now
By Yash Agarwal Legislatures in India, both, the Parliament and the state legislatures, pass hundreds of bills each year. Each of these bills includes what is known as the “Financial Memorandum”. It’s a brief section which details out what the financial costs or implications would be on the...
Bhumi Pujan In Ayodhya Boosts Yogi’s Image As An Aggressive Saffron
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The bhumi pujan for Ram Temple at Ayodhya on August 5 will undoubtedly boost the image of saffron clad Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath not only in India but abroad also. Simultaneously, with the construction of the temple during his regime, CM Yogi...
