-The Telegraph New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of creating a grim employment situation through its lack of vision and commitment, reaffirming the Congress's persistent charge of jobless growth in the country over the past few years. "Sad to see our youth let down by this government's lack of vision. Between promises and performance lies capability and commitment," Rahul tweeted, referring to recent news reports about an employment crisis and...

-Business Standard Activists, others question yield and bio-safety data; GM mustard can improve yields by 25-30% After many ifs and buts, the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard seems to have reached a decisive phase after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended on Thursday that it be allowed.   The ministry of environment and forests will now decide on whether this herbicide-tolerant variety can become the first GM food crop to be...

-PTI The government attaches the highest priority to job creation, says Arvind Panagariya The government has set up a task force headed by Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya to recommend ways to deal with employment data discrepancies and come up with reliable solutions to promote job creation.   “A task force has been created under the chairmanship of the vice-chairman, NITI Aayog  Arvind Panagariya with Labour Secretary M Sathiyavathy, Secretary Statistics  T C A...

-The Indian Express Six months on, there appears little justification for demonetisation in theories of politics, governance. Demonetisation has been evaluated through multiple dimensions — political, economic, constitutional, legal — and the role of the institutions involved. However, what were the philosophical underpinnings for “the most sweeping change in currency policy that has occurred anywhere in the world in decades”? One might think demonetisation was from the utilitarian school (given the rhetoric around...

-The Indian Express We have been numbed by a series of lies, myths and fictions about the project. India is at risk of becoming a surveillance state, with faint resistance from libertarians, intellectuals, political parties, the media, or the Supreme Court. Very soon, almost everyone will have an Aadhaar number, seeded in hundreds of databases. Most of these databases will be accessible to the government without invoking any special powers. Permanent surveillance...