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India's Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the world's largest renewable solar and wind energy park

In the year 2009, then Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi has a far-sighted vision, the vision to utilize the land of Kutch for the welfare of the society. Currently, he is the prime minister of India and will be inaugurating the  world’s largest solar and wind energy park in Kutch on December 15, 2020. Without any shadow of a doubt, PM Modi is a visionary leader, as in the year 2009, his vision to make the use of the land of Kutch for industrial and social upliftment is condemnable. The foundation stone of the Hybrid Renewable Energy Park, and of a desalination plant and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant in Kutch will be laid out by PM Modi. Recently, PM Modi participated in the 15th G20 Summit convened by Saudi Arabia in a virtual format, on 21-22 November 2020. In his address, Modi claimed that India will meet its goal of 175 GW of renewable energy capacity target well before the said target of 2022 and that India is now more focused on reaching its next tar
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'Farmer Friendly' laws being questioned! Why is that? (Series: 3/3)

This article talks about the third law Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, which is also waiting for the President's nod now – takes cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion, and potatoes out of the list of essential commodities. It thus removes stockholding limits on these items except under “extraordinary circumstances”, such as war and natural calamities. It is important because:  * Amended law will attract corporate and foreign investment in the food supply chain – cold storage, warehouses, etc – by addressing fears of excessive regulatory interference  * Supply chain improvements will bring price stability – prices won’t crash after a bumper crop, nor spiral up if a crop fails. Both farmers and buyers will gain  * Better storage will also reduce food wastage Why is it being opposed?  * Critics say price limits set for “extraordinary circumstances” are so high that they are unlikely to be triggered  * Freedom to hoard food commodi
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'Farmer Friendly' laws being questioned! Why is that? (Series: 2/3)

This piece talks about one of the 3 laws which is at the core of the farmers agitation.  However, before you read the article, it's my humble request to not share any content you see on web even react on it before you personally verifies the same. In the era of fake news, the core, in this case, the farmers faces the blunt. CONTRACT FARMING The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 also awaits the President’s nod after passing in both Houses. It provides a framework for contract farming. Here’s how it works: * Farmers can sign sale contracts with processors, aggregators, wholesalers, large retailers and exporters at mutually agreed crop prices * This serves as a minimum price guarantee before sowing. So, buyer bears risk of planting * Farmers able to plan ahead and invest in better implements, seeds and other inputs * Buyer pays market rate if it is higher than the contract rate. Disputes to be resolved within fixed time fram
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'Farmer Friendly' laws being questioned! Why is that? (Series: 1/3)

Before we dig deeper into the specifity of the three farm bills and why farmers are protesting them, let us be very cautious before sharing any content on our electronic platforms. Without any shadow of doubt many anti-BJP parties are trying to hijack the farmers agitation, be it fake images and news being published on the internet such as posting fake protest images by Young congress official Twitter handle, follwed by many congress leaders like Manish Tiwari etc. to raising anti-Modi slogan - in full public view, a man threatened that PM Modi will meet the same fate as that of former PM Indira Gandhi. Clearly, this kind of remark can’t be made by a simple farmer. This is the language of the Khalistan extremists, and now this incident points to their involvement in the farmers’ agitation. However, in a time of social distancing, why farmers are out on the road, protesting against laws that promise to better their lot with freedom to choose their markets and set their own prices?   In
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Can President’s Rule Be Imposed If A State Government Is Unable To Protect The Constitution?

The advocates of the President's rule in Maharashtra in 2020 has been increasing day by day. Initially, due to the state's failure to control the pandemic, then alleged improperly handling of late Sushant Singh Rajput's case by the Mumbai police, followed by Kangana Ranaut office premises being demolished follow-up with various summons now, and the arrest of Republic TV editor in chief Arnab Goswami. Well, the Article 356 of the Constitution of India gives the President of India the power to impose this rule on a state on the advice of the Union Council of Ministers. There are some conditions that the President has to consider before imposing the rule, one such being: If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the government of the state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. If the governor so reports, and if the president is satisfied that state machinery is not working properly in Maharashtra, Presi
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Battleground Bihar: With largest reverse migration in the country

Migrant workers with their families wait to board buses to their home state of eastern Bihar in Ghaziabad near New Delhi, May 18, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi The announcement of the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic is a significant step towards the restoration of the electoral process. The state with the largest reverse migration in the country is all set for polls.  Now the question in mind is, will the migrant workers go to support the move of nationwide lockdown by the NDA government? or will punish the government for the sufferings they had to go through during the pandemic? As per the study, ‘Effects of COVID-19 on migrant households’, conducted through a survey of returning migrants by UNICEF and Development Management Institute (DMI), about half of the households, 51% have lost complete income and 30% faced a major reduction of income due to lockdown. Followed by 12% migrants who have been affected in a minor way and 7% with no impact. Th
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#TataSackMansoorAli: Why fundamentalist demands it?

In my last post, I talked about why  Tanishq pulled down the  Ekatvam  ad, and how it was a plain business decision. T he poison has spread so much that Tanishq not only had to remove the ad but also had to apologize to the people.  However, now, the ongoing controversy against Tanishq's  ad has taken a dirty stance.   I'm shocked to see a trend on social media where people demand Tanishq to sack its Brand manager for depicting interfaith harmony. Now many fundamentalists are  demanding Tanishq's brand manager Mansoor Ali be removed from the company on social media, but he is also receiving threatening and hate messages.   All this increased so much that Mansoor had to delete his social media accounts.  #TataSackMansoorAli is trending on Twitter, and people are demanding that they will boycott Tanishq and other Tata products until the company removes him from the job. The question is why? Why people are being fed with so much hate in India now? Where are these so-called tro
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