Editorial

Pramod Kumar and Meenakshi Rajeev Finance Minister Arun Jaitley touched wide segments of the Indian economy in his February 1 Union Budget. Given that agriculture and allied sectors grew at only 1.7 per cent during the second quarter of…
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Figures are deceptive. Few months ago it was a bleak story about the health of the economy with slow down growth and production coming to a sluggish growth. Suddenly the economy leaped to a growth of 7.2 per cent in October-December showing…
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The Union Government's much publicised initiative aimed to provide cheaper, generic medicines to people in Jammu and Kashmir through Jan Aushadhi stores looks to be non-starters. The ambitious project was launched in December 22, 2014 but…
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R K SINHA It is a welcome move by the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to have decided to reduce the school syllabus to lighten the burden of "books" on students. It is a common sight in the morning to see even little children carrying their…
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Col Dr Virendra K Sahi,VrC In a press release issued after meeting the distinguished gallant war veterans in an apolitical forum, the J&K State Director of the War Decorated India Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, VrC recounted with concern, that…
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Deviating from the traditions, India inviting all the leaders of ASEAN as Chief Guests at Republic Day was a diplomatic master-stroke by Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeping the situation with China and Pakistan in view. Traditionally,…
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There is no doubt that State Government has increased the power purchase keeping in mind rise in domestic demand. The subsequent governments have been talking of taking back hydro-electric power projects from public sector to make them…
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Prof. (Dr.) R.D Gupta Cover crops apart from protecting the soil from erosion and mitigating the run of losses also protect newly constructed terraces and other mechanical erosion control devices.(IX) They supply protein rich fodder for…
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Manmohan Dhar India has made it clear to Pakistan more than reasonable times that Kashmir is an integral part of India and will continue to be the same for all times to come. In fact what Pakistan needs to be worried about, happens to be…
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Dr. Ravinder Singh Rana Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had said long back -- 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'. The Lokniti-CSDS survey shows that the Kisan has very little to cheer about. Around half of the farmers surveyed said the…
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