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...
Professor Irfan Habib is an enigmatic Marxist Indian historian who is widely regarded as an authority on ancient and medieval India. BE’s Saptarshi Deb and Anustup Roy Barman spoke to him on the sidelines of the 78th session of the History Congress held in Kolkata on issues ranging from the evolut...
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) ...
In India acquiring a passport is is often about social status. Earlier, getting a passport was a painstakingly long process. But with time and technological advancements, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has come up with effective ways to expedite the process. Now passports can be obtain...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated the process of becoming the world leader at Davos. According to him, since Donald Trump started to put America first, there has been a vacuum in the global leadership. Modi highlighted three main challenges confronting the post-Cold War global ...
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 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 missionThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched 31 satellites into space in a single flight through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on June 23, 2017. PSLV successfully took off from the first Launchpad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota at 9.29 a.m. Accor...
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...
