Every political party has a natural tendency to spin ground reality to present a favourable interpretation of events. But there are times in a nation’s

In the 2019 Assembly elections in Odisha BJD won 46 out 71 seats where the victory margin was LESS than 9%. 19 out 46 were

In a yesteryear movie the protagonist’s life “Tambu was perched on 3 bamboos” but the BJD’s tent or tambu is perched on only one bamboo

Bhubaneswar : By Nageshwar Patnaik , Republic Day 2021 turned out to be a shocker with the country’s capital vitiated with violence never seen before.

Back in 2013, the Chinese government laid out a policy agenda that promised real reforms to an economy laden with debt and distorted by the influence of the country’s large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector. But instead of seeing that agenda through, China chose to dodge the risks entailed by marketisation, and has since reverted to what it knows best: state control over the economy and the semblance of stability that comes with it.

Of the various COVID-linked economic packages announced by the government, an additional allocation of Rs 40,000 crore under the MGNREGA programme has attracted special attention. The prime reason for this is that it is likely to create additional 300 crore man-days of work and would absorb a large chunk of work opportunity for the foot loose migrant workers, who are getting back to their states.

The Centre is on a privatization spree despite the hits the economy has taken in the context of the COVID-linked lockdown. The stress is on shaping a “more coherent” Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) Policy. It is a moot point whether the nation will benefit from this kind of a push.