-The Economic Times A balance between the need to unleash animal spirits and the larger issues of ethical governance is essential for the country to move ahead, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh tells ET in an exclusive interview. * Is unleashing animal spirits still the main focus of the government? Unleashing the animal spirits is all very well but it has to be in an ethical framework. Markets is all about...
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Young bloggers catalyse Dhaka protests-Sreelata Menon
-The Hoot Bangladeshis all over the world were able to mount a flash campaign against a war tribunal verdict. SREELATA MENON says this proves once again the power of social media. Digital activism is today a handy tool in the instant spread of ideas, thoughts and actual happenings in real time that can influence millions of minds in a matter of a few simple minutes. It is as handy in kicking...
More »KV Thomas, Food Minister interviewed by Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard For the first time, the Union Budget for 2013-14 made a provision of Rs 10,000 crore for rolling out UPA-2 most ambitious social security programme--the proposed Food Security Law. This is over Rs 80,000 crore as normal food subsidy. Food Minister K V Thomas tells Sanjeeb Mukherjee that the Budget provision of Rs 90,000 crore as food subsidy will be enough to roll out the Bill in its...
More »CBSE Bill makes States jittery over their diminished role-Bageshree S
-The Hindu A proposed legislation to make the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) a statutory body, the draft of which is in circulation among the States for comments, has made Education Department officials of States apprehensive. They fear that it will result in hundreds of elite schools affiliated to the Board going completely beyond their monitoring mechanism. While the rules of the Right to Education (RTE) Act give an important role...
More »Deadline jolt to urban plans-Shobhana K
-The Telegraph The Centre has threatened states that it would stop funding and withdraw the amount already given along with interest if projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are not finished on time. Sources in the Bengal government said the Centre had allotted Rs 1,700 crore for 69 projects under JNNURM, of which Rs 158 crore has been released so far. The sources in the state government and in...
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