It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
5Rs per toilet usage is too much for poor India, when 60% earn less than 220Rs per day. India median income is only 100Rs/day.
How can anyone only visit toilet once a day? Any normal one will need at least 5x per day, which work out to be 15~30% of their income, 104x more than the wealthy one paid for using home toilet.
Its higher than taxation for the rich. How ridiculous as the article has pointed out.
5Rs per toilet usage is too much for poor India, when 60% earn less than 220Rs per day. India median income is only 100Rs/day.
How can anyone only visit toilet once a day? Any normal one will need at least 5x per day, which work out to be 15~30% of their income, 104x more than the wealthy one paid for using home toilet.
Its higher than taxation for the rich. How ridiculous as the article has pointed out.
Modi has made a beginning by bringing cleanliness into focus. It will improve with experience.
At least something is better than nothing.