-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Increase in vehicular traffic and rampant encroachment of pavements have left very little space for pedestrians in the capital. Most of the government initiatives have been hanging fire while experts insist that the capital badly needs pedestrian-friendly infrastructure. Many Delhiites who attended the second Raahgiri Day on Sunday also said the government should plan urban infrastructure keeping pedestrians and cyclists in mind. "I would love to...
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Threat of El Nino recedes, but monsoon picture remains cloudy -Nikita Mehta and Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Live Mint Experts are still convinced that this year will see a sub-par monsoon or, still worse, a drought New Delhi: A weakening of the El Nino weather phenomenon and an expected recovery in monsoon rainfall in coming days may, to some extent, keep inflation at manageable levels and protect rural demand even as the government prepares to handle India's third drought in 20 years. Experts are still convinced that this year...
More »No focus on Punjab issues -Sarbjit Dhaliwal
-The Tribune Chandigarh: There is nothing much for Punjab in the Union Budget. In fact, it has left important issues pertaining to state's fiscal health and economy untouched. As far as Punjab is concerned, the Union Budget is disappointing," said eminent economist Sucha Singh Gill. The Budget has left state's debt issue untouched. When Pranab Mukherjee was the Finance Minister, he had proposed to set up a special committee at the Union Government...
More »'Budget silent on crucial farmer suicide issue'
-The Times of India AMRITSAR: The first budget presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has deflated the expectations of farmers who were looking for 'achhe din' ahead. With a major chunk of farmers reeling under debt, famers and their leaders were disappointed on finding that the finance minister's speech was silent on measures to address the crucial issue of farmer suicides. "In Punjab, the state government's official figures put the farmers'...
More »Get over the growth fetish -Ashish Kothari
-The Hindu Business Line Perpetual growth is a piece of nonsense. The focus should be on protecting livelihoods through sustainable means Construct a building, demolish it, reconstruct, break it down again, and go on repeating this meaningless exercise. You will have economic growth, as currently measured. But no net gain in employment during the endless Cycle of construction and demolition, no net increase in productive capacity, and no appreciable change in poverty...
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