drskmukherjee

Today, the 1st February, 2021 is expected to be yet another historic day for India and very challenging for Nirmala Sitharaman, our Finance Minister, to present Budget 2021-22 after the country went through severe Covid impact. While our PM Modi said that there were many mini budgets announced in tranches last year after annual budget 2020-21 to devise economic relief to the people in pandemic, Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the budget 2021-22 is going to be very different to the extent of never happened before. We can understand that her task is going to be very tough to deal with the battered economy due to Covid onslaught.  India did witness the situations affecting the economy in the past but the vision of the leaders from Nehru to Narasimha Rao and practical and bold decisions of FMs from Morarji Desai to Dr Manmohan Singh drove the nation towards economic recovery. During 1953-56 India faced famine and acute food shortage thereafter. PM Nehru also took charge of the Finance...

A very painful, unfortunate but very inevitable -- all that happened in Delhi today to sabotage farmers' cause. Farmers fell into the trap for being allowed for tractor rally. A new norm is trending in India to form a crowd to haul up anyone who does not subscribe to the adamancy of the government. The zeal for farmer agitation needed to be punctured and it has been done. Many become victims of trouble creators having connections in the ruling party and the government. Even the police administration favours the party in power and is quick to file FIRs without investigating the facts related to allegations.  Thereby fundamental rights to freedom of expression and justice are ignored and eroded. The same will happen with farmers and a long list of allegations will be drawn up.  The nation will see and I am sure that soon the authoritarianism by majority not allowing to question the system and the government, persecution of agitators due to mob mentality responsible for the colla...