Hardly a day passes when newspapers are not carrying the news about road accidents involving stray cattle or injury to an individual due to dog bite in a certain city or area. The murkier state is an outcome of the existence of 1.71 crore stray dogs and 58.87 lakh stray cattle (estimated as per the ...
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...
After winning the recent Gujarat and Himachal Pardesh elections, BJP, either directly or in coalition is steering 19 of India’s 29 states. However, looking at the setback that the party received in non-urban areas (particularly in Gujarat), it is likely that the focus will now shift towards the ru...
Joblessness in India is assuming dangerous dimensions and politicians are busy debating upon the number of actually unemployed persons in the country. There's no serious endeavour to curb joblessness. The economy is already facing a slowdown and the GDP has nose-dived by 3.5% in just six quart...
The Narendra Modi led NDA government completed three years in office this May. It was the first time in three decades (since 1984) that the single largest party was successful to draw absolute majority in Lok Sabha elections. The Modi government has initiated a slew of reforms and introduced a numbe...