-Pragoti The magnificent victory of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in Tripura - winning 50 out of the 60 seats – and the success of the LF candidate in the Nalhati by-election in West Bengal has been interpreted as a “re-emergence” of the Left parties by a senior CPI(M) leader. This does not seem to be a rigorous assessment. While the fifth consecutive win by the LF in Tripura is a matter of...
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Centre raps private firms for quota failure -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India Amid talk of stimulating Growth with sops to industry, the Centre has chided the private sector for performing abysmally on making the workforce inclusive by boosting dalit presence in its ranks. The industry in 2006 promised voluntary affirmative action to persuade the UPA-1 government to drop plans to enforce reservation in private sector through a legislation. Reviewing the updated results of affirmative action provided by the industry, Union social...
More »Jairam Ramesh, Rural Development Minister interviewed by Urmi A Goswami
-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...
More »Rs 6,500 crore and 19 years later, Yamuna dirty as ever -Neha Lalchandani
-The Times of India About 19 years ago, Supreme Court first scrutinized pollution in the Yamuna. Innumerable orders later, Yamuna is dirtier than ever with a mind-numbing Rs 6,500 crore spent to clean the river and the latest plan — interceptor sewers — going nowhere. On Monday, when SC reviews Yamuna's pollution, it could be back to the drawing board. Six years after Delhi Jal Board proposed interceptor sewers to treat sewage...
More »Modi’s Gujarat model can never become a national model: Karat
-PTI Patna: Attacking Narendra Modi, projected by a section of BJP as a possible Prime Ministerial candidate, CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat on Sunday said Mr. Modi’s Gujarat model of development cannot be replicated at the national level. “Modi’s Gujarat model can never become a national model for development,” he said, while addressing a CPI(M) ‘Aam Sabha’ in Patna. Everybody knows the truth about Mr. Modi’s Gujarat model of development, which has given priority...
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