Worrisome aspects of Modi Sarkar's functioning

murali772 - 11-AUG-2015

While I had some reservations about Narendra Modi, largely from the perspective of his not having followed "Raj Dharma" post the Gujarat riots, I was welcoming of his government coming to power, or more specifically the defeat of the corrupt and ineffective Congress government.

Getting the economics of solar power right

murali772 - 5-JUL-2015

Narendra Modi has raised the target for solar electric capacity from 20,000MW to 100,000MW by 2022 at a cost of maybe $100 billion. This is a serious blunder. It will sabotage his “Make in India” plans by technically disrupting the whole electricity grid, and raising the cost of a critical manufacturing input — electricity.

Paying your domestic help, BMTC strike, and the minimum wage scandal

silkboard - 8-OCT-2012

A question for you. Did you give your domestic help(s) a day off on Gandhi Jayanti? If not, then did you give them (domestic help, apartment security, etc) double the usual pay for working on a National Holiday?

Culture of jugaad Economics and voodoo politics

murali772 - 4-MAR-2012

The imperative for growth cannot be overemphasised in a country where over 450 million people can’t afford two square meals and where every year nearly 12 million youngsters line up for jobs. The magnitude of the twin problems of rising expenditure and falling growth obliges the government to act on both fronts and display some sense of urgency.

Vote for School Of Economics In Bengaluru!

kbsyed61 - 8-JAN-2012

Dear Prajagalu,

Wishing all of you a happy, prosperous, peaceful and productive new year. May your wishes get the wings.

These days the the plans for establishing school of economics in Bengaluru is making headlines. Headlines are more to do with the controversy than details of the project and cost/benefit analysis.

Adaptation to Climate Change: Policy, Economics and Governance

Ravi_D - 26-MAR-2010

Received this via another email subscription. Venue: IISc.

IISC-RCUK Lecture Series

The British Deputy High Commission and the Indian Institute of Science,
           Bangalore Invites you to the Centenary Lecture

                                 On
     Adaptation to Climate Change: Policy, Economics and Governance

By

                            Prof. Judith Rees
                        London School of Economics

                           Prof.P.P.Mujumdar
                           Will be the Chair

Time : 4.00pm
Date : 26th March, 2010
Venue: Faculty Hall, Main Building
Tea  : 5.00pm, Reception Hall

ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

 http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/broadcast_messages/msg16102.html

Right model from the left?

murali772 - 2-FEB-2010

When even die-hard Socialists seem to be reconciled to letting perennially sick public sector units (PSUs) being either privatised or left to waste away, Kerala is showing another way. The state is not just propping up haemorrhaging PSUs but is pulling them out of the red; some are even making decent profits.

Why Tata still doesn’t get it?

murali772 - 30-DEC-2009

Ratan Tata had this to say on the Singur debacle: “More often than not, conflicts related to land are promoted by individuals who do not belong to that area, but who have other political motives.” Quite so, but this, interestingly enough, was the exact position taken by British planters to stop Mahatma Gandhi’s first mass movement in India, the anti-indigo cultivation

Lessons from the American Melt Down

psaram42 - 18-OCT-2008

The Sunday October 5 2008 Hindu magazine carried an article by Shyam P When the bubble burst “

Combining Capitalism with Welfarism

murali772 - 27-SEP-2008

Modern capitalist states are all welfare states. Enormous bureaucracies have been created to tax the rich, regulate business, provide subsidies and special schemes to the needy, thwart environmental harm and health hazards, and so on. The list is long and keeps growing.