-The Indian Express Time to take the bolder steps, bring FDI to small towns When the GDP falls below 7 per cent, we need to start worrying. When it is less than 6 per cent, we must treat it as a crisis situation. Growth models show that the robust investment rates already achieved, and twice the productivity growth achieved in the 1980s and ’90s, will get us 8 per cent growth. This...
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Thermal power projects for 12th Plan have clearances: Central Electricity Authority
-PTI All the thermal power projects planned for the 12th Plan Period have requisite clearances and are at the advanced stages of construction, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said. The capacity addition targets for 2012-17 do not include the projects - with a total capacity of 32,000 MW - that are stranded due to environmental issues, CEA added. The government is planning to add about 1,00,000 MW capacity by 2017. CEA, the techno-economic...
More »Tackling the killer-Manoj Kumar
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is often in the news for wrong reasons. But when he says that India’s major problems are Naxalism and malnutrition, we need to sit up and listen. It was on January 10, 2012, that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called hunger and malnutrition a national shame while releasing the Naandi Foundation’s Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) Survey Report 2011. It was a high-profile occasion, given that the multi-party...
More »When politicians own the media-Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
-The Business Standard A cursory analysis of news channels shows that roughly one-third are just political vehicles or peddle influence for builders Last month the ministry of information and broadcasting decided to extend the June 30 deadline to digitise TV homes in the four metros. The new deadline is October 31. There are various reasons for the delay (“Digitisation delay is not a good sign”, June 22). The biggest, however, is cable...
More »RTE stock taking-Aaditi Isaac
To take stock of the status of the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act and to identify issues that need urgent attention, a convention was held by the RTE forum. AMBARISH RAI, national convenor, RTE Forum talks to Aaditi Isaac The deadline for the implementation of the RTE Act is fast approaching, where do we stand? This Act was made for 250 million children. After two years of the...
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