States going to assembly polls this year — Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand — got a total of 10 ministers in the Modi govt, including 4 cabinet posts.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
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The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Knowledge and information are the two basics essential for making an informed decision.\
Capabilities of Indian states,of marking Covid zones and planning their own exit strategies will be test for leadership.
Dependence on the Babus giving advise in the routine matters in one thing and the state can run on it without the leader having a better analytical mind.
In times of situation like we are in the quality of the leadership will make or break the state.
So far no state leader appears to be confidently putting up a plan. THE MONEY IS WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM WANTS.
That the states are incapable of working for their own benefits is clear from one thing. Keeping the migrant population happy, reassured and confident, so that they stay and help restart the economy. All the states have failed miserably in this, creating such an atmosphere that the migrants were desperate to leave, even under the most unfavourable conditions. That the states do not have the will or the spine to work for their own benefit is clear. In spite of this show of indifference they have to be trusted to deliver in the process of restarting the economy.
Wonder why the experts who have written their pieces did not point out this glaring in- your- face failure? Maybe political bias, or ossified analytical skills?
What the states need from the Centre is mid air refuelling. For pretty much everything else, they have better knowledge / understanding of local conditions. CM of Punjab has been quite vocal about this. In fact, if the initial lockdown had been decided upon in consultation with them, things would have worked out much better. Notably the issue of migrants wishing to return home.
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Knowledge and information are the two basics essential for making an informed decision.\
Capabilities of Indian states,of marking Covid zones and planning their own exit strategies will be test for leadership.
Dependence on the Babus giving advise in the routine matters in one thing and the state can run on it without the leader having a better analytical mind.
In times of situation like we are in the quality of the leadership will make or break the state.
So far no state leader appears to be confidently putting up a plan. THE MONEY IS WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM WANTS.
That the states are incapable of working for their own benefits is clear from one thing. Keeping the migrant population happy, reassured and confident, so that they stay and help restart the economy. All the states have failed miserably in this, creating such an atmosphere that the migrants were desperate to leave, even under the most unfavourable conditions. That the states do not have the will or the spine to work for their own benefit is clear. In spite of this show of indifference they have to be trusted to deliver in the process of restarting the economy.
Wonder why the experts who have written their pieces did not point out this glaring in- your- face failure? Maybe political bias, or ossified analytical skills?
What the states need from the Centre is mid air refuelling. For pretty much everything else, they have better knowledge / understanding of local conditions. CM of Punjab has been quite vocal about this. In fact, if the initial lockdown had been decided upon in consultation with them, things would have worked out much better. Notably the issue of migrants wishing to return home.