Time for centre to embrace cooperative federalism for bullet train project?
The Economic Times, June 29, 2021
The Economic Times, June 29, 2021
Last week, China started operating the first bullet train in Tibet, linking Lhasa to Nyingchi near the border with Arunachal Pradesh. The construction of this 435 km line began in 2014 in one of the toughest terrains with 90 per cent of the track being 3,000 metres above sea level.
WhatsApp, NSDC launch initiative for skill development, entrepreneurship opportunities for youth
The New Indian Express, June 24, 2021
The New Indian Express, June 24, 2021
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp on Thursday launched its Digital Skill Champions Programme that aims to train Indian youth on digital skills to make them employment ready.
Cabinet approves extension of PMGKAY free ration scheme for 5 months until November
The Print, June 23, 2021
The Print, June 23, 2021
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide free ration to over 80 crore people, mostly poor, by five more months till November-end.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM/NITI AAYOG
- The grand illusion of Centre-state cooperation
The Tribune India, June 25, 2021 - An authoritarian regime is assaulting federal principle of Constitution and trampling rights of states
National Herald, June 10, 2021 - Why the distortions built into GST are coming undone
The Indian Express, June 07, 2021 - NITI report shows who’s rising, who’s lagging and the gap in between
The Print, June 05, 2021
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- Feeding the beast – training the bureaucracy
Observer Research Foundation, June 29, 2021 - Between the state and centre where do civil servants stand?
India Today, June 28, 2021 - Defence innovation needs top-down reforms
The Tribune India, June 26, 2021
RURAL ECONOMY
- Govt to spend over Rs 93,000 crore this year on free foodgrains scheme
India Today, June 29, 2021 - Centre sets up portal to track management of Covid in rural areas
Hindustan Times, June 28, 2021 - States must implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme
India Today, June 12, 2021 - Covid-19 and the invisibilisation of rural India
Hindustan Times, June 11, 2021
JOBS & SKILLS
- Vocational skill education to be formalized under the job sector
Digital Learning Magazine, June 30, 2021 - PM Narendra Modi launches customized crash course programme for covid 19 frontline workers
Livemint, June 18, 2021 - Resolving the unemployment conundrum
The Financial Express, June 15, 2021
EDUCATION REFORMS
- NCERT to develop separate curriculum frameworks as part of NEP
Livemint, June 30, 2021 - Learning matters
The Telegraph India, June 29, 2021 - Education system leading India down the hole
The Hans India, June 28, 2021 - Why dozens of Indian students are turning to crowdfunding platforms to fund education dream
The Print, June 24, 2021 - Byju’s, Google tie up to offer ‘learning solution’ for schools in India
The Economic Times, June 02, 2021
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Reforms and Indian capitalism
Hindustan Times, June 29, 2021 - The evolving ecommerce ecosystem has contributed significantly to India’s consumer welfare
The Economic Times, June 28, 2021 - A case of misplaced notions: Worker welfare and economic growth need a changed discourse in India
The Economice Times, June 17, 2021 - Why India must bargain hard on G7 tax reforms
The Indian Express, June 16, 2021 - GST: Whose headache is it anyway?
Livemint, June 15, 2021
