Since it’s the middle class that is on the forefront of commenting on the handling of the overall economy by the government, this editorial begins with what Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019-20 proposals on 1 February gave to them. Budget for middle class The mood following the presentation Read further
The results of the 2018 Assembly elections, especially those in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, are a wake-up call for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his entire council of ministers, advisers and bureaucratic executive. The ruling BJP has suffered a rude jolt owing to its abject neglect of core constituencies. Read further
For long as India by and large believed Sheikh Hasina Wazed was the better bet, with the other choice being pro-Pakistan Begum Khaleda Zia, as Bangladesh’s prime minister, rebel novelist-activist Taslima Nasreen would say that the head of the Awami League maintained a façade of secularism, which should not be Read further
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps wondering how to claim how many jobs his government has created, the BJP regime spread across the nation keeps making a business a difficult proposition, thus affecting businessmen’s ability to generate jobs. The decision of the Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra to regulate food prices Read further
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. MSP is price fixed by Government of India to protect the producer – farmers – against excessive fall in price during bumper production years. Read further
