The Genetically Modified (GM) crop debate

murali772 - 23-DEC-2013

In the debate over whether India should go for transgenic or genetically modified (GM) crops or not, there is a viewpoint that supports its ability to enhance production and increase food security, while against the motion there's a word of caution on the grounds that it will encourage monoculture and end diversity of traditional crops.

Towards a level playing field regime?

murali772 - 12-DEC-2013

India’s competition watchdog has fined Coal India Ltd (CIL) and three of its subsidiaries a combined Rs.1,773 crore for misusing their position as monopoly suppliers of coal to fix prices and supply poor-quality coal, and do so on conditions that favoured them over the buyers. The specific charges against Coal India, the first state-run company to be fined by the Comp

Two steps to make Indian elections fairer and truer

srkulhalli - 10-DEC-2013

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Two steps to make Indian elections more truer, more representative

Step1 : The Vote123^{^} Electoral Method

What is Vote123

About VM Boards by BTP

wgwwd - 29-NOV-2013

I have been observing  couple of VM Displays (They call it as variable message display boads) in hosur road, domlur and near mysore bank. Observation done for few weeks without specific study target. Few notes on this are below. Just wanted to know what you guys think.

Grab the opportunity to offload Air-India

murali772 - 20-NOV-2013

Industry leader Ratan Tata today expressed interest in the possibility of privatisation of Air India, saying he would be very happy to look at it whenever it happened. "As an when it happens, we would be very happy to look at it," the Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group said when asked whether he would be interested if Air India was privatised.

Public assets or perpetual burdens?

murali772 - 20-NOV-2013

Babus and public sector executives may have to surrender phones and broadband connections from private operators such as Airtel and Vodafone and shift to the networks of state-owned MTNL and BSNL as part of the government's plan to improve the finances of the two PSUs.

NOTA - Not a Silver Bullet for decaying democracy

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 6-OCT-2013

NOTA - Not a silver bullet 

(Not so) Fun facts about community involvement

wgwwd - 26-SEP-2013

Just trying to make a kind of retrospection of myself and a normal Praja alike.

Why most people do not engage in community work and or not interested in giving back to community?

What I mean Community work can be any of following:

Personal / Basic Layer.

Isnt poverty a state of mind?

wgwwd - 16-SEP-2013

Well, many of you may feel, this is a political/controvesial thingi. But I wanted specifically to analyze from an ordinary "Praja's"(Mr.Common Man) view.

Someone said :

Poverty is just a status of mind.

He also said :

Urban Infrastructure how GOI is making efforts and further analysis

Sanjeev - 5-SEP-2013

1.  Report of the Sub-Committee on Financing Urban Infrastructure

Submitted in March'2012  under Ministry of Urban Development.

http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/report-on-urban-infrastructure.pdf