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Thursday, July 10, 2025
TopicFive-Year Plans

Topic: Five-Year Plans

Moksha, not motor cars—BR Shenoy’s idea of a truly Indian welfare state

BR Shenoy -
In a 1957 lecture, free-market economist BR Shenoy warned that India's welfare state must stay rooted in Dharma, not drift toward consumerist excess.

35 yrs of Mahalanobis model vs 35 yrs of Manmohan Singh. Two key moments of Indian economy

+TFP Vandana Menon -
In 1991, as in 2025, the report cards of these two economic trajectories remain underwhelming. But as economists see it, politics got in the way each time. 

Why did India not fulfil its economic potential? New book outlines ‘economics of non-performance’

Bimal Jalan -
In 'The India Story', former RBI governor Bimal Jalan writes that much remains to be done about our economy since the boost of the 1990s.

All about the First Five-Year Plan that was presented by Nehru nearly 70 years ago today

Revathi Krishnan -
The First Five-Year Plan was presented before the Parliament on 9 July 1951. The target GDP growth of the plan was 2.1%, but the country recorded a growth of 3.6% that year.

Why Ruskin Bond never wrote about Indian politicians

Ruskin Bond -
In this excerpt from his book 'Beauty of All My Days', Bond recalls memories of him having seen and heard Nehru as well as his conversations with Morarji Desai, Acharya Kripalani. 

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Opinion

Diogo Jota was Liverpool’s soul. His memorial is in the disruption he leaves behind

Aakanxit Khullar -
Diogo Jota’s death isn’t just a personal tragedy. It’s a crack in the story we tell ourselves — about the reliability of sport, and life.

UPI to Ayurveda, PM Modi’s Ghana visit will unlock new trade frontiers for India

2 Series Gran Coupe may be BMW’s best bet yet to win India’s luxury war

Economy

India-US trade talks in final stages, withdrawn NITI Aayog paper shifts focus to GM soybean, corn

Udit Hinduja -
Working paper invited backlash from several farmers’ groups including BKU & BKS who opposed recommendation for import of genetically modified soybean & corn for oil extraction.

Defence

Dassault says CEO made no comments on Rafale’s ‘operational or technical’ issues during Op Sindoor

Debdutta Chakraborty -
New Delhi: Dassault Aviation has issued a formal clarification denying reports that its CEO, Eric Trappier, made any "operational or technical comments" regarding Rafale...

National Interest

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal. India needs a 6-month, 2-yr & 5-yr plan for Asim Munir

Shekhar Gupta -
Kutch is our most forgotten war with Pakistan. Learn from it and draw up a plan for the next six months, two years and five years.

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