Category Archives: economy

Is India Rich or Poor?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by indra

India is strange in many ways. Perhaps the question of it being rich or poor may not be right one. But as a person like me goes through various views about India as economic power or about its GDP and … Continue reading →

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In China Beyond Litti-Chokha

Posted on June 16, 2011 by indra

It is nice that Nitish is visiting China. I have read few reports on his China visit in Telegraph. Calcutta. He had promoted Bihar’s Litti-Choka for long enough. It’s getting boring now. Every state has some cuisine like that. That’s … Continue reading →

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Powering Bihar, Alternative Route

Posted on May 31, 2011 by indra

The centre keeps putting in costly ads providing its success reports on ‘Bharat Nirman’ including that of rural electrification. When I visited Pipra last March, I noticed a board declaring Pipra already covered in Rajiv Gandhi Rural electrification scheme. In … Continue reading →

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Bihar: Need of Water Conservation

Posted on May 23, 2011 by indra

I get amazed when I hear the news of water level in various parts of Bihar going down and wells for drinking water getting dried. It is happening in a state with large number of famous rivers flowing through it. … Continue reading →

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Insensitive Government, Meek Middle Class

Posted on May 16, 2011 by indra

I was surprised when yesterday Mother Dairy boy announced an increase of Rs 2 on a litre of all types of milk. In the evening news I was shocked when I heard that petrol will be costlier by Rs 5 … Continue reading →

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Bihar: Need of Urbanization

Posted on May 4, 2011 by indra

Bihar is much behind in the race of urbanization. Even Uttar Pradesh is better off than Bihar. Uttar Pradesh has the advantage of satellite urbanization because the nearness of the capital Delhi. Mayawati with project such as Yamuna Expressway is … Continue reading →

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Why China Sells more to India?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by indra

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh during his recent visit to attend BRICS Summit, at Sanya, China, expressed his concern about the trade deficit between India and China and pitched for more Indian exports to China. I don’t understand why he … Continue reading →

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Sasaram: Why Meira Kumar Can’t Help?

Posted on April 1, 2011 by indra

Meira Kumar has been winning the parliament seat from Sasaram. His father legendary Jagjivan Ram also kept Sasaram as his constituency for the parliamentary election. Would not they have done something for this very old city with history extending into … Continue reading →

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Bihar Changing Fast, But..

Posted on March 28, 2011 by indra

With the Maha Bodhi Express chugging on the outermost platform of Sasaram on March 17, I got the first glimpse of the works on development. Ludhiana-Kolkata freight corridor is getting executed fast. Sasaram comes on the route. One more overhead … Continue reading →

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PM: An Inefficient CEO

Posted on March 14, 2011 by indra

Main opposition party is just short of blaming Man Mohan’s integrity or asking for his resignation or replacement However, I am more concerned about the performance of the country’s development needs and Man Mohan as CEO not getting anywhere near … Continue reading →

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