-Scroll.in The BJP nominee in Sultanpur warned Muslims she would know whether they had backed her. If they don’t, she won’t help them if she’s elected to the Lok Sabha. Last week, Maneka Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata PARTy’s candidate for Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur constituency, caused a stir when she told Muslim voters that if they did not vote for her, they could not expect her to help them if she won. The...
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Why do India's governments have no long-term plans to tackle poverty through education? -Anirudh Krishna
-Scroll.in It is time for citizens to set an agenda for long-term governance, writes Anirudh Krishna in this excerpt from ‘Re-forming India’. Fixing the cycle of poverty – preventing descents and enabling escapes – is eminently possible. Other middle-income countries have much lower levels of poverty. It requires, however, that things work well in the public realm – that everyone, and not just the few who are assisted currently by social service...
More »NYAY: No bridge between two Indias -R Ramakumar
-Frontline.in A closer look at the Congress pARTy’s proposed income transfer scheme. “Two Indias are being created. One of the rich and the other of the poor… we are going to bridge these two Indias. And we are going to make sure that this one India that is formed has opportunity for all…. The idea is that you take the India of opportunity, you grow that India. Then you take some of...
More »Many essential drugs priced much higher than manufacturing cost: WHO -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Around 40% of the essential medicines in India with lowest MRP are priced significantly higher than estimated production costs, an assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows highlighting the “exorbitant” profiteering by pharmaceutical companies and the scope for lowering prices of drugs. While innovative and newer drugs for cancer, hepatitis C and rare diseases are out of reach of many due to their unaffordable prices,...
More »Punjab assures timely payments for wheat to farmers
-IANS Chandigarh: Dispelling the apprehensions of ARThiyas (foodgrain commission agents), Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Thursday assured them that the prevalent system of payments to farmers for their produce would continue during the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) and timely payments would be made through the ARThiyas. "The Chief Secretary asked the Food DepARTment to ensure that payments to farmers are made strictly within 24 hours of the purchase of...
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