Insight - Page 15
Levers for the last mile
13 May 2023 8:33 PM ISTCommunity participation and technology are the two basic building blocks that can go a long way in transforming the lives of people at the grassroots...
Paradigmatic shift
13 May 2023 8:31 PM ISTWhile the 12 five-year plans lent India a decent industrial base, systematic educational pattern and self-sufficiency in terms of food grains, the...
Evolving dynamics
6 May 2023 9:25 PM ISTAs karmyogis, the civil servants have been relentlessly synthesising the inputs provided by various sectors to put everything in a wider perspective....
Falling short of targets
6 May 2023 9:23 PM ISTThe 12th five-year plan, which would ultimately be intercepted by the formation of NITI Ayog, started with a vision of ‘faster, sustainable and more...
Bridging the gulf
29 April 2023 7:59 PM ISTIn the second part of the extract from his Civil Services Day address, Sanjeev Chopra highlights that British India’s frontier regulations in...
Growth sans inclusivity
29 April 2023 7:56 PM ISTAmid a global economic downturn, the 11th plan managed to register a ‘commendable’ growth rate of eight per cent but the slowing down of poverty...
Growing against the odds
22 April 2023 10:51 PM ISTDespite the ICOR remaining much above the envisaged target and agriculture and allied sectors performing below the mark, the tenth five-year plan...
Homage to the pioneers
22 April 2023 9:57 PM ISTIn this extract from his Civil Services Day address, Sanjeev Chopra elucidates the contribution of IFAS officers Major Ralengnao Khathing and Lt...
A flameout!
15 April 2023 8:46 PM ISTAgainst the backdrop of the Asian financial crisis and a slump in agriculture, manufacturing and public investment, the ninth plan not just faltered...
Flawed test of loyalty
15 April 2023 8:42 PM ISTDenial of British citizenship to Shamima Begum on now-immaterial ground of ISIS linkage by leaders of Asian heritage reflects an ironical notion of...
Exquisite carvings of Konark
8 April 2023 9:36 PM ISTOriginated under the ancient Eastern Ganga dynasty, the stone-craft of Konark not just continues to be an expression of love, devotion and faith but...
Bittersweet outcomes
8 April 2023 9:34 PM ISTThe cumulative time period of the first eight five-year plans coincided with the completion of 50 years of planning in India, during which the...
India, US vow closer ties as Modi, Vance discuss trade, defence and...
22 April 2025 2:15 AM ISTSaving Soil for a Secure Future
19 April 2025 9:14 PM ISTSelf-afflicting tariff tempest
19 April 2025 9:11 PM ISTDemystifying the Delimitation Dilemma
19 April 2025 9:08 PM ISTOn a Slow Burner
19 April 2025 9:00 PM IST
12 tourists injured in terror attack in J-K's Pahalgam
22 April 2025 4:30 PM ISTUS, India can accomplish much more together: Vance
22 April 2025 4:15 PM ISTSensex, Nifty extend winning streak for sixth day, rise nearly 8% in 6...
22 April 2025 4:00 PM ISTNeither Parliament nor executive, Constitution is supreme: Sibal hits...
22 April 2025 3:30 PM ISTReturn to work, leave tainted-untainted list to govt: Mamata to...
22 April 2025 3:15 PM IST