Monthly Archives: February 2008

Economic Survey 2007-08: Some Observations and Views

The survey tabled by the Finance Minister has some interesting data about the country’s economy and obviously for its people to look at future with hope. It also says that with some constraints on the road to growth removed, the … Continue reading

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Rail Budget 2008- Nightmare or Dream

Every one who watched the news channels during the time Laluji presented the Railway Budget 2008 in Lok Shabha yesterday must have observed three distinct happenings on the screen. I don’t understand why the budget presentation should be so long … Continue reading

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Manufacturing Moving Marvelously

Many things are happening in the country that assures of a great going in manufacturing sector. While the big manufacturing companies are trying to expand the wings, even SMEs are contributing in a major way. The opening of defence equipment … Continue reading

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Indian Railway- Claims or Dreams

I am reading these days two books related to the emerging India: ‘Planet India’ by Mira Kamdar, a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, and ‘Billions of Entrepreneurs‘ by Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard … Continue reading

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CMs of UP and Bihar! Are you listening?

Media organized many debates on its channels. People in general were critical of Raj Thackeray and also his cousin now. But many raised a question, why should the CMs of the states not create jobs for their men? With employment … Continue reading

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A Lunar Eclipse and Columbus

I found the main door of Shakti Mandir closed. Only after going through the newspaper on return from the walk, I could understand the reason of the closure of the temple. The temple was closed, as it was a period … Continue reading

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Innovating India-2

It is not only the biggies of India Inc that are innovating new products such as ‘Nano’ of Tata Motors. Even at grass-root level, many unknown innovators are doing their best to inventing products and processes to bring a significant … Continue reading

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Booming and Bubbling India-XXX

I enjoyed writing this series every week. However, as the charm of everything fades, I feel like discontinuing the series with this last entry, though I feel bad about. I had some great expectations from the trio PM, FM, and … Continue reading

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Manufacturing Sector and Education

Years ago, the children of my acquaintances used to ask my opinion about the preferred branch of engineering to be pursued. Though I graduated in mechanical engineering, I had dedicated myself for manufacturing. I enjoyed manufacturing, tried to learn it … Continue reading

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IIT- IIM- IAS

I was stunned perhaps more morose the other day. I heard a group of successful students of IIT, Delhi on a TV channel programme that was meant for those who had succeeded rather topped the recent CAT examination for getting … Continue reading

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