By Dr. Gyan Pathak The most vocal Hindutva face in the North-East India, the chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, having shown penchant for igniting communal fire in the past, now seems to have decided on playing with even more terrible fire of arms conflicts, if his new arms policy in the state is […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre’s announcement of conducting national level Caste Census along with the forthcoming Census in India has intensified caste politics in Bihar, the first state to go to polls later in 2025, whose Vidhan Sabha’s term is to expire on November 22, this year. Political analysts have already claimed that by announcing […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The game of political hunting, which is typically characterised in India by cases, raids, seizures, and arrests, which generally do not lead to conviction, but enable the government to pin its adversaries down for years without trial in cases registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), seems to be reaching its climax. […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak 8th Delhi Assembly session had tumultuous session on Tuesday, February 25.. The issue of replacement of Dr B R Ambedkar’s portrait with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in Delhi Chief Minister’s office not only led to ruckus but also expulsion of 12 AAP MLAs. The issue is politically very sensitive and may […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led government is now in power in the National Capital Territory Delhi, that has come with too many poll-promises to keep, and a very alert and strong opposition to challenge .It was obvious in the very first cabinet decision of the government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, that officially […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Union Government of India making the appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner of India, and an Election Commissioner under the new law of 2023, while the law itself is pending adjudication in the Supreme Court of India, people’s hopes and fears about independence of Election Commission of India running high. […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The data that PM Narendra Modi government has been churning out since 2014 have always been a suspect. Now, by no less a person than PM Narendra Modi’s own Economic Advisor has indicated that many of the data earlier produced even under the Modi regime were “influenced” while chiefly targeting the […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In pursuance of Equality of opportunity and treatment, an ILO Committee of Experts has asked India again to amend the definition of wage, ensure job evaluation, equal remuneration for the same job to male and female workers, and end discrimination on religious or caste basis especially for Dalit Muslims and Dalit […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite political setback in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election and loss of power to BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will remain a political force of reckoning. AAP’s huge voter support base is intact, and election result shows that the BJP could win by only about a small margin of about 2.26 per […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasized on 100 per cent skilled labour with meaningful employment; 100 per cent quality, good school education; and access to quality, affordable and comprehensive healthcare as part of Vikasit Bharat initiative in her speech while presenting Union Budget 2025-26 on February 1. However, the […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Is it not a joke to expect a Member of Parliament to read, understand, give a considered view with qualitative comment on 655-pages-long final draft report on an important legislative amendment bill, such as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, within a few hours, which was circulated to members less than 24 […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak January 16, 2025 was celebrated by Union Government of India as National Startup Day, which was followed by a boasting that India with more than 1.59 lakh startups has now firmly established itself as the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world. The claim was on the rise of numbers, while in […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The way AAP, BJP and the Congress have been trying to woo the electorates living in Delhi’s slums, unauthorized colonies, and less developed areas, it is increasingly becoming clear that the key to winning the legislative elections lies with them. Over 50 per cent of the voters live in these areas, […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prioritizing employment generation and increasing funds for employment guarantee schemes have unquestionably emerged as the top priority during pre-budget consultations of Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman for the Union Budget 2025-26, both with the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and India Inc. The confederation of Indian Industry (CII) urged the Union […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi elections has clearly shown that the opposition INDIA bloc has now become a dilapidated house in which the walls and pillars are falling apart. Saying two of its allies – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has broken away, will be an understatement, since the Congress is not only trying […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Indian National Congress has postponed the grand convention – Jai Gandhi, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan – on the second day of the Extended Congress Working Committee Meet at Belagavi in Karnataka. Instead, a condolence meeting was held to mourn the sad demise of the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. But […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A Joint Director of the Department of Woman and Child Development and the Special Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the National Capital Territory of Delhi placed public notices in newspapers on December 25, 2024, stating that two state government schemes of their respective departments were “fraudulent”. This […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s National Human Rights Commission has been losing its global credibility very fast. Since June 1, 2024, the post of NHRC Chairperson has been lying vacant and its re-accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) was deferred for 12 months, for a second consecutive year. Now, on […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Just a day before the scheduled end of the winter session of the Parliament of India, the confrontation between the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc turned physical at its entrance, and several MPs were injured. It is something different from the issue-based confrontations within both the Houses of Parliament, […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The twin bills introduced in the Lok Sabah on December 17 seeking ‘one nation and one election’ – ie simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of the States and Union Territories –contains provisions of too much centralization of the governance in India that has potential risks of making […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s flagship Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 for decent job creation in the country did not take off even in mid-December 2024. Union Ministry of Finance is busy in making next Union Budget 2025-26, which will be tabled on February 1, 2025. India Inc is […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Halt all fresh suits, proceedings, and orders in relation to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, ordered a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India on December 12, implications of which will be far reaching since it would transcend beyond the legal boundaries to the social and political […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The current week is crucial for the Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna. He has a new task in hand –making judiciary above suspicion. The task has come on his way through two sets of petitions – the first was relating to the Places of Worship Act, and the second […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Slowing down of GDP growth to seven quarters low of 5.4 per cent during second quarter of the financial year 2024-25 and contraction of the wages during the same period for the first time since the pandemic (March 2021) shows that India has fallen into a vicious circle of decline in […]
