District-level planning for Atmanirbhar Bharat
Self-reliance is simply a process that requires the vital role of local bodies, and that entails their engagement from the stage of need-mapping to choosing development schemes and implementing the same
Economy
Discussions on the state of the economy, supply, demand, sectors, trade, etc. are part of this sub-category
Cooperative Farming: A way out of poverty for India farmers
The possibilities of cooperative farming in India are vast. Cooperative farming gives farmers the power of negotiation, backward linkage to buy agro-inputs, forward market linkage to sell their products, and access to the marketplace.
Reviving the Handicraft in India
Today, we notice that popular fashion has been influenced with traditional arts. The youth today is increasingly moving towards traditional arts.
Trolley Problem and the war for the control of the economic narrative
The decisions being made about when and how to relax the lockdown can be discussed as a kind of trolley problem. We have diverted from the track of “normal life” as we make desperate attempts to save lives from the virus.
The Phenomenon called MGNREGA – Part 2
While it is far from perfect, definitely inefficient, and highly opaque, it has surely changed the lives of many. The MGNREGA, as an idea, has a lot of potential
The Phenomenon called MGNREGA – Part 1
MGNREGA has been hailed by many as the largest rural employment schemes in the world and has been credited with initiating a splendid transformation in India’s rural areas in many respects. Over the years, it has seen many changes and iterations, has had its fair share of controversies, and has also built up a sizable opposition that questions its necessity and efficiency
P2P Lending has modern solutions for old problems
Peer to peer lending in itself is a responsible body to ensure financing in India. In times of crisis, alternate sources of finance like P2P lending are good support in ensuring safe transactions with proper guidelines
Food security – Is One Nation One Ration Card the answer?
ONORC looks like it is the need of the hour. However, the costs and implications outweigh the benefits from the perspective of states’ administrative capacities
Self-reliance, sustainable development and the environment
Desired changes cannot be brought by the Government if there is an absence of public consensus; it can only be built if people are actively made to realise the damage which they are doing to the environment through their actions.
Indian economy at crossroads
The country is paying the price for neglecting investment in health and education over many decades. It may be hoped that this pandemic induces a change for the positive in how the government views sectors like health and education.
Atmanirbharta – Is this achievable?
There will be no decentralization of power even though the Prime Minister is aiming for a Swadeshi economics model propagated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The poor, the gloom, and the failing of a society
Rich get cake, poor get cane. Many are dying daily on the roads, in trains in their attempt to reach home, to their families. Rich got flight-down home; poor got flies on their dead bodies. One wonders if the constitutional provisions like human dignity, equality, fraternity include the poor.
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