On one side of the court stands a man regarded by many as the greatest player ever to have graced the sport. The fluidity of his movements, his effortless shot making and his very presence seem to conjure an aura of genius. On the other side, a man, five years younger, gets ready to challenge him fo...
Dr. Udit Raj, apart from being a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), is a social activist who has been championing for the rights of the socially marginalised communities. He received the Best Parliamentarian Award in 2018. He is the Chairman of the All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations. Dr. ...
It becomes more and more difficult to specify exactly what is that ‘postmodernism’ is supposed to refer to as the term gets stretched in all directions across different debates, different disciplinary and discursive boundaries, as different factions seek to make it in their own way, using it to ...
A study conducted by Princeton University says that there has been a 36% rise in antibiotic use in all countries over the last 10 years – except in India, which has seen a rise of 62% and is now the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world.If these antibiotics were simply being taken by Indian...
The putting together in contradistinction of science and religion has been the task of philosophers, religion, sociologists, writers, and anyone who even cares to think, for many centuries now. So, here I would not go into the traditionally discussed aspects of this debate but rather would highlight...
The agricultural sector has its share of problems related to climate change, escalating input costs, and diminishing subsidies. BE’s Isha Chakraborty spoke to Sampad Ranjan Patra, Director of Agriculture & Ex-officio Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of West Bengal, about this.Q. W...
The agriculture sector in India has been in crisis for more than two decades. The policy makers’ negligence, the central government’s lower allocation of funds for agricultural sector, particularly in the new economic policy regime, poor pricing of agricultural products, fluctuation of natural p...
India’s agricultural sector consists of land holdings that are mostly small. About 76.4% of the holdings in India are smaller than two hectares. Out of these two hectares of space, around 28.8% of the area is engaged as marginal and small holdings. For marginal farms, the operational area is only ...
What is private farming?A private agricultural farm is an enterprise to cultivate agricultural products under the control of one or more investor. Any individual farming initiative cannot be broadly incorporated within private farming. Two features are important. The whole production process must be...
The rural economy of West Bengal is predominantly dependent on agriculture. According to government estimations, there are around 71.23 lakh families who are dependent on agriculture. It is one of the focus areas of the state government and the state's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) expanded at...