The Centre seeking to withdraw its SC undertaking that it won’t go ahead with commercial cultivation of GM mustard is a promising step. It is in India’s best interest. The country relies heavily on imports of edible oils. We must move in the direction of self-sufficiency and state-of-the-art farm tech.
Caste survey becoming an election instrument. Will set off redistributive quota debate again
After Nitish Kumar in Bihar, now Congress is promising caste surveys in MP, Rajasthan. This has now become an election instrument. Accurate data is important, but the risk is it can be used for unimaginative redistributive reservation. Political rhetoric over shrinking government employment, without new job creation, will be disastrous.