Gyan Pathak

DEFEAT RUMOURS, ACT FIRMLY FOR SAVING PEOPLE AND ECONOMY Almost all of India is under lockdown as a defensive measure against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19), but the ever increasing number of patients and the death cases on account…

UNEMPLOYMENT TO WORSEN FURTHER Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China and its spread in other 48 countries has caused considerable human suffering and economic disruption. Its impact is felt around the world. Even on the presumption of…

INDIAN EXPORTS SUFFERING EVEN IN SOUTH ASIAN SUBREGION In spite of great potential of Indian exports, the country’s performance has remained weak. India’s exports even in South Asia, where the Indian economy is relatively advanced and…

PUSH FOR PRIVATISATION WILL HURT POOR & COMMON CITIZENS The budget for Indian Railways does not seem to represent in true sense of the top three themes – aspirational India, economic development and the caring society – of the first…

BETWEEN REVENUE SHORTFALL AND HIGH MONEY-REQUIREMENT Having seen the dismal performance of the ‘bahi-khata’ budget 2019-20 of the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, t\Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly involved himself in…

INDIA FAR BEHIND THE TARGET, NEEDS MUCH MORE TO DO A serious concern is buried by the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar under his label of a ‘remarkable feat’ of increase in forest and tree cover in India by more than 130…

RESCUE AND REHABILITATION DEMAND MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTERVENTION Mean annual rainfall and extreme single day rainfall events in India are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of floods in India. Apart from Global Warming and…

WASTING CHILDREN IS AT WORST, HIGH RATE OF STUNTING Falling of India from 55th position in 2014 to 102nd position in 2019 in Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a terrible global indictment of the miserable performance of Modi government on…

TWO MOST BADLY PERFORMING AREAS ARE EXCLUDED India’s moving up 14 places to be ranked 63rd among 190 nations in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report, fails to give a clear picture of the situation prevailing in the country, since…