Recently, Punjab’s Finance Minister, Manpreet Badal presented his second Budget, which primarily focused on fiscal consolidation, i.e., mobilising resources and cutting down expenditure. Although the Budget tried to please all the stakeholders, it remains to be seen whether it can do so convincing...
For the first time since 2002, the BJP’s supporters, including the Patels, have criticised the party’s rule in Gujarat because of its economic performance. Resentment among the urban youth has been increasing due to the large number of educated unemployed. Recent data indicate that the number of...
The present LDF government of Kerala is proactive about providing social securities to its migrant labourers. As many as 15 lakh migrant workers, mainly from Odisha, Bengal and Assam, work in the state. The estimate of workers made by the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Trivandrum, is much...
Madhya Pradesh concentrated on agriculture, which employs the largest share of the state’s workforce (54.6% in 2015-16 as per the Labour Bureau). Over the last decade, MP has made rapid strides in agricultural production. The state’s wheat production increased from 6 million metric tonnes (MMT) ...
Kerala is famous for its long drawn policy for social sector development. The present LDF government is moving towards better social security and high salaried industry. But problems are many. The LDF supported GST. But what is its present experience of it? How is Kerala trying to achieve path break...
Pinarayi Vijayan Chief Minister of Kerala The Kerala government can be considered the government of alternative policy in the country. Kerala has its unique features. In an exclusive interview with BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas, Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala touched on some economic ...
The C.M.D. of the Central Coalfields Ltd. (C.C.L) Gopal Singh would be the Chairman of Coal India Limited as an additional Charge till the appointment of the full– term Chairman. Gopal Singh has rendered his service in Kusmunda area, Chhattisgarh as General Manager. The Additional Secretary of the...
The recent Maoist attack in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on April 24, 2017 was the latest incident of large scale left wing extremism in India. The attack was an ambush carried out by the Maoists against the Indian paramilitary forces in the Kala Pathar region near Chinta gufa in Sukma....
The situation in the Kashmir Valley deteriorated after the death of the Hizbul Mujahedeen terrorist Burhan Wani last year. The mutilation of two Indian army personnel by a Pakistan Special Forces team that came 250 metres across the LoC in the Poonch district worsened matters. In February 2017, thre...
Growing militancy is not the sole matter of concern for the residents of Kashmir but also the shrinking of agricultural land. The J&K Government has painted a grim picture of the state’s agriculture sector. Experts say that agricultural land in J&K has shrunk by over 3,40,000 hectare...