ECONOMIC REFORMS & TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL INDIA
OPINION Rapid agriculture growth and rapid rural employment growth were always the focus of India’s policy makers. Mahatma Gandhi envisaged India as a Nation of self-sufficient autonomous village republics. Land – the summum bonum of rural existence, and agricultural structure was the most important determinant of India’s development. Highly skewed distribution of land was responsible […]
WOMEN OF SCIENCE, WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE
Innovation For People’s Cause
COVER STORY The Prime Minister and President of India at the convocation addresses at IIT Mumbai and IIT Hyderabad respectively underlined the role of knowledge, innovation and enterprise for prople’s service Prime Minister At IIT Mumbai (Powai) The nation is proud of the IITs, and what IIT graduates have achieved. The success of the IITs […]
HOUSING FOR URBAN POOR A GARGANTUAN CHALLENGE
COVER STORY The inward migration of massive chunks of population from rural areas and peri-urban areas to urban areas in search of livelihood and better living conditions is continually exacerbating the shortage of housing in our cities, writes A SHANKAR. Urbanization is central to a country’s economy – and in India, the urbanization rate corresponds […]
HOUSING FOR ALL BY 2022
COVER STORY In its seven decades of journey since independence, the real estate and housing sector, has come a long way from early years of restrictive policies, deficient planning and highly inadequate resources, to reach a progressive, planned, organised and reformative stage, facilitating urban transformation and speedy economic growth. The present government’s vision is to […]