The UPA Government take the following immediate steps in order to reign in food price inflation:
1.The Government must release cereal stocks through the PDS by increasing the rice and wheat quotas for the States. The Food Security legislation should be tabled without any further delay.
2.The Government must supply sugar, pulses and edible oils through PDS [...]

The recent note issued by the Cabinet Committee on Prices shows that the Central Government wants to shirk its own responsibility by blaming the States. Without a proper assessment of the causes behind the relentless increase in food prices, effective measures cannot be undertaken. For example, one of the reasons for high sugar prices is [...]

भ्रष्टाचार मैं डूबली अफसरशाही
मध्यप्रदेश की राजधानी भोपाल मैं आयकर विभाग के छापे मैं आइ ए एस दम्पति के घर मैं तीन करोड़ की नकदी अर करोड़ों रुपये का काला धन पाया गया | बल्ले बल्ल्ये \के कहने म्हारी नौकरशाही के |चाल्ला पाड़ दिया |शाबाश इसे कसूते कारनामे की |थामने नौकर शाही की सही जड़ दिखादी [...]

Terrorism & National Security
Learning From The Mumbai Assault
Raghu
IN the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack in Mumbai, it is only to be expected that a raging debate has erupted about national security and possible lapses. However, little light has been shed on systemic changes that are clearly required.
Much of the debate has been poorly informed [...]

We are a country with rich natural resources, skilled manpower and
scientific and technological prowess. Yet, predatory crony capitalism has
condemned us to be a society with some of the worst human development
indicators in the world:
• 230 million people are undernourished
• More than half of India’s women are anaemic
• 40 per cent of children under three years [...]

In the sixty years of independence, the people of India have suffused life into the democratic system by exercising their right to elect representatives to parliament. Yet, the aspirations of the people remain unfulfilled. The rich, urban and rural, have reaped the benefits of “development”, while the vast majority has sunk further and further into [...]

The suo moto recommendation by the Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami to remove one of the Election Commissioners, Navin Chawla, is out of bounds and can only damage the institution of the Election Commission.
The Election Commission plays a vital role in the constitutional scheme and in the parliamentary democratic system. The BJP and the Congress [...]

SATYAM SCAM
C P Chandrasekhar
AS the investigation into the corporate fraud that occurred at Satyam Computer Services proceeds and early findings are selectively leaked to the media, it appears that there were many facets to the fraud that was committed. Among the allegations, two have been emphasised in media reports. One is that the company’s accounts [...]

After having imported the global recession into the domestic economy by pursuing neoliberal policies, the UPA Government is now abdicating its responsibility of reversing the adverse impact of the recession through effective policy interventions.
The stimulus package announced by the UPA Government yesterday is grossly inadequate to meet the impact of the global crisis. There is [...]