Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may be right in pushing for FDI in retail because reports have been pouring in, indicating that the economic downturn in India and abroad will worsen in coming weeks. 'I want money,' an agitated Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee reportedly told the Cabinet on Thursday, November 24, when coerced by colleagues from his Congress party for pushing 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in retail. The FDI issue is...
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Restless Cong cadres force Nilekani to end speech abruptly
-The Indian Express They had come to impart lessons on governance, but Nandan Nilekani and Ashis Nandy were forced to end their speeches abruptly at a youth Congress convention here by impatient cadres who were more keen to listen to Rahul Gandhi. Nandy, renowned political psychologist, and Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India, were the two non-political speakers invited to the convention to share their experiences in governance...
More »At 17, RTI centurion bats on by Ananya Sengupta
Thin, shy and already balding, his glasses threatening to fall off his nose at every movement, Mohammed Mobashshir Sarwar doesn’t quite look the teen rebel. Yet, at 17, he already has 100 Right to Information (RTI) applications under his belt, all directed at his state-run school, whose management he is now battling in high court for expelling him. Man of a few words he may be, but Sarwar has had no problem...
More »Opposition wants floor test for FDI in retail
-The Hindu Parliament logjam continues The government and the Opposition hardened their stance on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector, as Parliament remained disrupted for the third day on Tuesday on the issue. A meeting convened by Leader of the House and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to reach out to the Opposition on the issue, 90 minutes before Parliament began its session, proved nothing more than a ritual. The entire Opposition...
More »Plan commission pushes for Dalit empowerment by Prasad Nichenametla
As the Congress scion Rahul Gandhi campaigns in Mayawati' s bastion asking UP's downtrodden to think big, a planning commission panel has shown the UPA government how to walk the talk. A working group on welfare of the Schedule Castes (SCs) has asked the government to set up a National Bank for Inclusive Development to support businessmen from the backward sections. The move is to encourage Dalits and other weaker sections with...
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