Mamata Banerjee must be feeling vindicated. Mayawati has asked government to take criminal action against ‘people responsible for the cartoon’ – sadly, Shankar Pillai, legendary cartoonist is in his grave (who knows these politicians might ask government to exhume the remaining and put them to trial!) Yesterday Parliament was adjourned thanks to furor over a 1949 cartoon … Continue reading »
A Cartoon in Kolkatta
Delusion is slowly replacing euphoria in West Bengal. Didi is turning out to be a more of a campaigner against Communists than being a CM of a state. Marx and Bolshevism are out of Bengal texts; rapes are conspiracies to malign Mamata; hiking train fare affects poor, when poor themselves are not opposing it ( … Continue reading »
AFP: Siachen standoff taking heavy environmental toll
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UN-Water Statistics – Water Resources
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‘General’ Discontent
Politicians are adept at the art of asking for heads when truth is hammered on their heads. What General V.K.Singh has done is to expose the rot within, for which blame squarely lies with politicians, bureaucracy and to some extent on the defence establishment itself. The leaking of letter becomes a paramount concern, not the content of … Continue reading »
CENSUS 2011 Data Sheet(pdf) and Latest Data On Houselisting and Housing Census
Census 2011 Data Sheet, click here. (pdf, opens in new window) Houslisting and Housing Census As per the Houselisting and Housing Census 2011, the census houses increased from 25 cr to 33cr. There is an increase of 6 cr census houses for residential and partly residential purposes. The data indicates that the housing gap has … Continue reading »
ECONOMIC SURVEY 2011-2012 – DOWNLOAD COMPLETE REPORT (ZIP) « REFLECTIONS
ECONOMIC SURVEY 2011-2012 – DOWNLOAD COMPLETE REPORT (ZIP) « REFLECTIONS.
THE UNION BUDGET (GENERAL) 2012-2013 – HIGHLIGHTS (PDF)
BUDGET SPEECH click here (pdf, 234KB) HIGHLIGHTS Budget identifies five objectives relating to growth recovery, private investment, supply bottlenecks, malnutrition and governance matters GDP growth to be 7.6 per cent (+ 0.25 percent) during 2012-13 Amendment to the FRBM Act proposed as part of Finance Bill. New concepts of “Effective Revenue Deficit” and “Medium Term … Continue reading »
ECONOMIC SURVEY 2011-2012 – DOWNLOAD COMPLETE REPORT (ZIP)
Economic Survey (All Chapters) 2011-2012 (10.9mb, zip) Two Important New Chapters in This Year’s Economic Survey: 1) Sustainable Development and Climate Change, click here 2) India and the Global Economy, click here All Chapters: State of the Economy and Prospects Micro Foundations of Macro Economic Policy Fiscal Developments and Public Finance Prices and Monetary Mangement … Continue reading »
ECONOMIC SURVEY 2011-2012 HIGHLIGHTS (PDF)
Click below to read latest economic survey of India – 2011-2012 (Highlights). ECONOMIC SURVEY 2011-2012 Economic Survey in Graphs, Click Here For All Chapters, click here SUMMARY Indian economy is estimated to grow by 6.9% in 2011-12 mainly due to weakening industrial growth. This indicates a slowdown compared not just to the previous two years, … Continue reading »
