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Frustrated Pakistan may dig its own grave by reacting to internal matters of Indian Parliament doing its legislative business regarding Kashmir Frustrated Pakistan Prime Minister has announced so-called serious and tough but totally mindless measures on Indian Parliament having its legislative business regarding Kashmir simply to divert attention of Pakistanis from serious-most economic crisis where Pakistan cabinet has even to discuss issues like bread-prices. All the measures announced by Pakistan will hit back Pakistan. Breaking bilateral trade-relations with India will further ruin badly-disturbed economy of Pakistan. Sending back Indian envoy to India will give breather of life to Kulbhushan Jadhav in absence of counsellor-access which is a pre-condition for a fresh trial ordered by ...

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh says nullification of Article 370 and creation of Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have ended 70 years of discrimination Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has said the decision taken by the Government over the last few days in nullifying Article 370 and creating two Union Territories in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ended the discrimination faced by the people during the last 70 years.  Addressing the annual general body meeting of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi today, Shri Rajnath Singh said the groundwork towards a permanent solution for this issue has been laid during the first term of Government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.The decision will have some effects, he added saying tha...

 Central and state governments are promoting solar power to meet India’s irrigation requirements. The recently approved KUSUM scheme alone targets to install 17.5 lakh off-grid and 10 lakh on-grid solar pumps and 10 GW of solar power plants capacity in rural areas by 2022. The objective is to meet multiple ambitious goals ­– provide access to assured irrigation, increase farmer income through sale of surplus power, reduce electricity subsidy burden (~Rs 50,000 crores) and expand the distributed renewable energy capacity. But will the multitude of objectives be met? Unlikely, asserts Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in its latest report titled Silver Bullet: Are Solar pumps a panacea for irrigation, farmer distress and discom losses? The report is supported by CSE’s surveys of fa...

  यदि सरकारें विकास को पूर्ण कार्यसाधकता के साथ न करें तो अक्सर परिणाम अपेक्षा से विपरीत रहते हैं। “कार्यसाधकता एक महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दा है क्योंकि पूर्व में विकास कार्य पूरी ईमानदारी और निष्ठा से नहीं हुए हैं” कहना है जस्टिन किलकुल्लेन का जो सीपीडीई (सीएसओ पार्टनरशिप फ़ॉर डिवेलप्मेंट इफ़ेक्टिवनेस) के सह-अध्यक्ष हैं। जस्टिन कहते हैं कि 1960-1990 के दौरान जो अंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास अनुदान के ज़रिए विकास काम हुआ वह काफ़ी बेअसर रहा। कार्यसाधकता की कमी के कारण ही 'मिलेनीयम डिवेलप्मेंट गोल (एम.डी.जी.)' के लक्ष्य सरकारों ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा में पारित किए जिससे कि 2015 तक विकास कार्य निश्चित दिशा में प्रभावकारी रहे, एवं मूल्याँकन का ढाँचा भी उपयोग में रहे। परंतु 2005 तक अंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास अनुदान के प्राप्तकर्ता देश यह समस्या साझा कर रहे थे कि विभिन्न विकास संस्थाओं के इतने अधिक दौरे हो रह...