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A handful elites lost power in India in 2014. In 2019, they are trying to do whatever it takes to get it back

A handful elites lost power in India in 2014. In 2019, they are trying to do whatever it takes to get it back

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Stop confusing disloyalty with dissent!! No this isn't misquoting Edward R Murrow's iconic “Good night and good luck "speech. And god knows, on our side of the aisle, I am amongst the least trigger happy people to use words like traitors/anti-national/ gaddar etc, but a line was crossed, twice, in last two days and that must not go unchallenged. First, yesterday, the entire mainstream media contingent went completely cuckoo when the puppet pm of our rogue neighbor announced that the captured Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan will be released tomorrow. The Indian elite msm was hailing the puppet PM for his statesmanship and peacefulness like a terrorist organization harbored by his government didn't murder 44 of our brave CRPF men two weeks ago! Praising Pak in this context es...
Intellectuals are contemporary anomalies

Intellectuals are contemporary anomalies

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In desperation to remain relevant so as to engineer a proletarian utopia, Indian intellectuals go beyond interpreting the world for the people; they prescribe the world and construct a reality which has no material foundation.  Jyotirmaya Tripathy Indian intellectuals are acutely aware of their growing irrelevance in contemporary times, not just because the present political dispensation does not recognize their birth-right of representing others, but also due to their own sinking realization that ordinary folks no longer believe in them. In desperation to remain relevant so as to engineer a proletarian utopia, they go beyond interpreting the world for the people; they prescribe the world and construct a reality which has no material foundation. In the process of creati...
Senior BJP leader opposes candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker for Indore Lok Sabha seat

Senior BJP leader opposes candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker for Indore Lok Sabha seat

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It refers to senior BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh Satyanarainan (Sattan) opposing candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker Sunitra Mahajan from Indore Lok Sabha constituency alleging she has not been in touch with party-workers even though she represents Indore ever since the year 1989. Propriety demands Lok Sabha speaker to be practically neutral like is Rajya Sabha chair-person. Rather persons once seated on highest posts of President, Vice President and even Lok Sabha Speaker must quit active politics for life-time after occupying these responsible seats requiring perfect neutrality. Constitution should be amended by upgrading post of Lok Sabha Speaker as that of second Vice President with both Vice Presidents elected simultaneously with President through EVMs equipped with VVPAT within three ...
IDBI Bank to be considered as private bank after LIC of India gets 51-percent stake?

IDBI Bank to be considered as private bank after LIC of India gets 51-percent stake?

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It refers to media-reports that public-sector IDBI Bank will be considered as a private-sector bank after public-sector LIC of India gets 51-perecent controlling stake in IDBI Bank. Undoubtedly IDBI Bank till now was not listed amongst other public-sector banks because earlier it was a government-owned Financial Institution and thus a public-authority. Also LIC of India as public-sector autonomous body has its own style of professional functioning. There are also reports that the bank will be named as LIC IDBI Bank. Confusion must not be created about IDBI Bank under control of LIC of India to be a private bank. The bank should be categorised as premium public-sector bank which may provide fancy banking on lines of private-sector banks with higher service-charges but with five-starred f...
Standardize consumables in car-industry

Standardize consumables in car-industry

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Union government should induce standardization of common accessories like tyres and batteries so that same parts may be used in different models of cars produced by various car-manufacturers. It will heavily bring down cost of consumables through their bumper production in extra large numbers in some limited sizes and specifications. It can be achieved by merging some nearing sizes and specifications. Such guidelines though also mentioned in auto-policy of Union government, are never followed in actual practice. Too many variants of any car-model confuse customers. There may be just two variants apart from the third with automatic gears, one basic Lx for economy customers and the other Vx with all company-fitted extra accessories and luxuries for affording customers. There is no sense in ...
Permission to import cars and motor-bikes with any capacity

Permission to import cars and motor-bikes with any capacity

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Union Ministry of Road Transport permitted each manufacturer of cars and motor-bikes to import upto 2500 units of imported ones and also permitting upto 500 buses and trucks separately by each manufacturing company irrespective of price and engine-capacity. But there should be a pre-condition that foreign companies may help setting up of plants by concerned Indian companies to manufacture such vehicles in India too if so desired. To discourage use of economical diesel, cars and motor-bikes should be allowed only with petrol-engines. Import-duty on imported vehicles should be quite high because only affording ones can purchase these. At the same time, central government should take steps to discourage costly vehicles by having double GST may be in form of cess on costlier cars and motor-...
अर्द्ध न्यायिक निकायों में  न्यायिक विलम्ब पर नियंत्रण

अर्द्ध न्यायिक निकायों में न्यायिक विलम्ब पर नियंत्रण

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माननीय मुख्यमंत्री जी राजस्थान सरकार जयपुर   महोदय, अर्द्ध न्यायिक निकायों में  न्यायिक विलम्ब पर नियंत्रण    देश में जनता को सस्ता और शीघ्र न्याय प्रदान करने के लिये विभिन्न ट्रिबुनल का गठन किया गया है किंतु इस उद्देश्य की प्राप्ति में वे भी समान रूप से विफल हैं । न्याय में विलम्ब को रोकने के लिये  सिविल प्रक्रिया सन्हिता के आदेश 17 में भी प्रवधान है कि किसी भी पक्षकार को सम्पूर्ण सुनवाई में 3 से अधिक अवसर नहीं दिये  जायेंगे।किंतु इसका खुल्ला और निर्बाध उल्लंघन हो रहा है । यदि इस प्रावधान की भावनात्मक अनुपालना की जाये तो शायद  ही किसी प्रकरण के निस्तारण में 2 वर्ष से अधिक समय लग सकेगा।  राजस्व मंडल राजस्थान,अजमेर   की दिनांक 15.3.19 की सुनवाई की एक सूची देखें  तो ज्ञात होता है कि इसमें 1 वर्ष पुराना मात्र 1, 3 वर्ष पुराने 4, 5 वर्ष पुराने 1,  10 वर्ष पुराना 1 और ...
ग्रामीण अर्थ व्यवस्थाः एनडीए बनाम यूपीए

ग्रामीण अर्थ व्यवस्थाः एनडीए बनाम यूपीए

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लोकसभा चुनाव की घोषणा होते ही आरोपों-प्रत्यारोपों का बाजार गर्म है। तरह-तरह के आकड़ें जनता के समक्ष पेश कर ज्यादातर मामलों में जितना कुछ भी बताया जा रहा है, उससे ज्यादा तथ्य छिपाया भी जा रहा है। रक्षा मंत्रालय के दस्तावेजों की चोरी कर के उनमें अपना मतलब साधने वाले तथ्यों को ही बताकर और सुप्रीम कोर्ट में आधी-अधूरी सूचना का गलत हलफनामा दायर कर जनता को गुमराम करने की भरपूर कोशिश की जा रही है। जबकि संचिका के मात्र एक भ्रामक टिप्पणी के ऊपर और नीचे की दूसरी टिप्पणियों को छुपा लिया गया है। यही रोजगार के मामले में हो रहा है। रोजगार के मामले में एक डाटा पेश किया जा रहा है जो भविष्य निधि खाता के संबंध में है। यह आकड़ा स्थायी नहीं होता है। देश के भविष्य निधि खाता धारकों की संख्या का विभिन्न कारणों से घटते-बढ़ते रहना स्वाभाविक है। जैसे धान की बोआई,गेहूं की कटाई,शादी-ब्याह के लगन में लाखों श्रमिक एक से दो...
छंटने लगे प्रिंट इंडस्ट्री पर छाये काले बादल, इस खबर ने लौटाई चेहरे पर मुस्कान

छंटने लगे प्रिंट इंडस्ट्री पर छाये काले बादल, इस खबर ने लौटाई चेहरे पर मुस्कान

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लंबे समय से परेशानियों से जूझ रही प्रिंट इंडस्ट्री के लिए यह खबर राहत देने वाली है। दरअसल, पिछले करीब डेढ़ साल से न्यूजप्रिंट (अखबारी कागज) की कीमतों में बढ़ोतरी से न्यूजपेपर इंडस्ट्री की उत्पादन लागत में इजाफा हो रहा थ। कीमतें 60 प्रतिशत तक बढ़ने से इस इंडस्ट्री के सामने काफी संकट था, लेकिन अक्टूबर से राहत मिलनी शुरू हुई और न्यूजप्रिंट की कीमतें थोड़ी कम होने के साथ ही अब स्थिर बनी हुई हैं। कीमतों की बात करें तो 820 अमेरिकी डॉलर प्रति टन के मुकाबले न्यूजप्रिंट के दाम अब 700 अमेरिकी डॉलर प्रति टन पर स्थिर बने हुए हैं। हालांकि कीमतों में आई इस कमी का असर पब्लिशर्स को होने वाले लाभ पर फिलहाल नहीं पड़ रहा है, लेकिन फिर भी कीमतों में इस ठहराव ने इंडस्ट्री को मुस्कुराने का मौका दे दिया है। इस बारे में ‘एचटी मीडिया’ (HT Media) के एग्जिक्यूटिव डायरेक्टर (ऑपरेशंस) शरद सक्सेना ने कहा, ‘इंडस्ट्री...
Authorities should prepare permanent audio-video statements on frequent tragedies like collapse of foot-over bridge in Mumbai on 14.03.2019

Authorities should prepare permanent audio-video statements on frequent tragedies like collapse of foot-over bridge in Mumbai on 14.03.2019

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There are routine statements by dignitaries posted on high posts on tragedies like happened when a foot-overbridge collapsed in Mumbai on 14.03.2019. Such usual statements expressing shock and deep regret include, a high-power committee will be set up to probe the tragedy, guilty ones will not escape punishment, compensation will be paid to kin of victims, free medical-treatment will be available for those injured etc. etc. But since public-memory is very short, no one comes to know about report of high-level committee set up to probe and punishment provided to guilty ones thus resulting in future such incidents. Even Mumbai witnessed such incidents earlier also. Since practically no remedial measures are seen to have been taken, it is better that persons seated on high posts may not...