Some Ores To Row The Mining Boat With
How the Reddy brothers run Bellary as their own republic
The brothers have been redrawing inter-state boundaries to encroach upon other mines and forest land in Karnataka
The Reddys operate out of AP where they are connected to the CM
Unsettled Bill
? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to quit India and hand over its HIV programme to the government
? Since 2003, the foundation has spent $260 million or Rs 1,300 crore on the AIDS programme in India
? There has been criticism that much of the money was wasted on high salaries, travel and extravagant coffee-table publications
The wildlife in Bandipur is endangered by highway traffic-----
Death Count
? A tiger and an elephant
? Seven langurs, two leopards
? Six mongoose, three sloth bear
? Nineteen spotted deer, eleven sambhar, ten shikras, nine Indian hare
? Eleven bonnet macaque, six red-vented bulbul, seven jungle owlet, eight egret, six drongo.
? Five spectacled cobras
The budget is good but not as reformist as expected. Instead, it's welfare-oriented. The thanksgiving through rural employment, which if it reaches the bottom population, would be a big boost. We were expecting much more investment in irrigation as there are 400 projects waiting to be completed. I wonder what happened to the proposed National Rainfed Area Authority?
Balwinder Singh of Sakho Majra in Ropar district is frustrated with our policymakers. Ordinarily, a small farmer like him with six acres of land should have been happy with the budget's promise of more funds for rural infrastructure and agricultural credit, as well as plans to set up a task force to deal with non-institutional loans.
Are reforms really on hold or was it just 'poor packaging'? Has the era of 'big policy in a suitcase' ended? Are we back to the '80s? Pranab Mukherjee's 'holding budget' leaves its flanks open.
Precept And Practice: UPA Reforms Agenda
