I witnessed five generations of motherhood, from my great grandmother to my wife and daughter. I know being a mother and running a home is a true test of individual skills and team spirit.
...Full StoryIt will fight both pollution and congestion on roads.
...Full StoryBeware of banks.
...Full StoryIt must also help officials move into the private sector with ease.
...Full StoryThe issue drives a stake through the very heart of our democracy.
...Full StoryOccupational safety needs to consolidate parallel, overriding or conflicting provisions under various legislations.
...Full StoryWith coalition politics here to stay, it is important to ensure the office is not misused for making and breaking holy and unholy alliances.
...Full StoryAn 80-90 per cent deficit in the recovery of bad loans for four years straight highlights connivance between banks and some 'preferred customers'.
...Full StoryIt's time we realise that fasts, whether indefinite or symbolic, have to give way to better forms of protests.
...Full StorySuch ornamental changes would actually work only if the status of women is strengthened in the first place.
...Full StoryAll bank deposits above Rs 50,000 have since long required PAN card details, and even then failed to control the growth of black money.
...Full StoryIt is strange that even 70 years after Independence we are continuing to live with such loopholes in laws.
...Full StoryNot all well-meaning citizens will appreciate the social activist's repeated indefinite hunger strikes.
...Full StoryIt's not a subsidy, as the apex court observed.
...Full StoryThe first step should be to cover the entire workforce of the construction sector under the provisions of the Employees State Insurance Act.
...Full StoryThe finance ministry should ensure that smaller frauds too are detected to make the banking system secure.
...Full StoryApex court has ruled that passive euthanasia is permissible with guidelines.
...Full StoryProjects that are identified as delayed or headed for cost escalation should be reprioritised and pushed for early completion.
...Full StoryWe are still far behind both China and the US in absolute terms and constant bank frauds need urgent fixing.
...Full StoryThe basic aim of this exercise should be to eliminate the 'ease of doing embezzlements' by the corrupt and the corruptible.
...Full StoryNames of all wilful defaulters must be made public by all the banks to stop them from duping other private lending agencies.
...Full StoryPolitical parties must come together to devise ways to build a transparent system to ensure the use of black money in elections is stopped.
...Full StoryIt is now 15 months since every penny due to him as pensionary benefit has failed to reach his account.
...Full StoryLet's examine the tax benefits that the elderly actually got in the 2018 Budget.
...Full StoryThe interest of senior citizens, however, does not seem to have been addressed holistically.
...Full StoryFaster growth, creation of jobs and doubling farmers' income by 2022 are areas awaiting government action.
...Full StoryThe glaring inequalities have existed for centuries and a government which has just come to power can't wish it away overnight.
...Full StoryInterest rates on saving schemes such as the Public Provident Fund and Kisan Vikas Patra have been falling consistently.
...Full StoryAccording to Central Statistical Organisation data, economic growth is expected to slow down to 6.5 per cent in 2017-18.
...Full StoryIt is strange that the judiciary tasked with protecting citizens' right fears a violation of its own rights.
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