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Talk Point: Scientifically, exemptions defeat the purpose of odd-even

Barun Aggarwal - 13 November, 2017

The reason why exemptions are given is because our public transport is unable to handle the demand, and is considered unsafe.

Talk Point: Being an emergency measure, odd-even cannot have exemptions

Polash Mukerjee - 13 November, 2017

The total number of cars moved off the roads during previous odd-evens was so small that pollution came down only by 7%.

Talk Point: Odd-even without exemptions is a stay-at-home scheme for the disabled

Nipun Malhotra - 13 November, 2017

The disabled were not originally exempt from odd-even. I was forced to file a PIL in the Delhi HC that granted us an exemption

Talk Point: A car is empowering to a woman, and no one should take that away

Pragya Kaushika - 13 November, 2017

Harassment on public transport made me buy a car, because it meant independence and safety. Can govt guarantee it?

Talk Point: There is a lot of anxiety over the Naliya taluka rape case in Gujarat

Sushmita Dev - 10 November, 2017

The Gujarat model is a fairy tale that Modi sold to the nation in the 2014 general elections.

Talk Point: Gujarat model is led by big corporates, benefits the wealthy at the cost of the poor

Atul Sood - 10 November, 2017

The Gujarat model is nothing but a harsher version of the development path that ruling classes of India chose for itself in the early 1990s.

Talk Point: The Gujarat model is a myth, particularly on the human development aspect

Gaurang Jani - 9 November, 2017

A sociological analysis of parameters like literacy and sex ratio reveals that Gujarat model is a myth.

Talk Point: You cannot miss the growth in Gujarat, unless blinded by voting preferences

Shekhar Gupta - 9 November, 2017

You may attack Modi in Gujarat on a dozen things but not on economic, industrial, and infrastructural development and growth.

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

Tavleen Singh - 9 November, 2017

The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

Talk Point: Gujarat’s growth rate of income stayed the same before and after Modi

Maitreesh Ghatak - 9 November, 2017

Gujarat is a classic case of a corporate-led development model which involves increasing prosperity for the rich, but very little benefit of growth trickles down to the poor.

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Talk Point

Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?

By renaming 1,018 places, is Tamil Nadu govt reclaiming history or taking eye off Covid?

S&P, Moody’s: Are ratings relevant in uncertain economy or needed to keep govts in check?

IIT, IISc global rankings fall: How can India attract foreign students, faculty to improve?

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