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On Scheduled Caste Welfare: Battle Half Won Source link

Pathbreaking: A newly constructed highway in Arunachal Pradesh in 2016 (Photo: M Zhazo) India aspires to become a $10 trillion economy by 2030, and infra­structure will be a key driver in that endeavour. From 400,000 km of roads in 1951 to 5,897,671 km as of 2017, India has mana­ged to build the world’s second-largest road…

India has improved solar capacity and use. It is now well on its way to making the switch to non-fossil fuels. Bright Future: Solar panels in Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka (Getty Images) India may have to import as much as 84 per cent of the petroleum required to meet its energy needs. But there is…

Powering Along: India’s first engine-less semi-high speed train, manufactured by Chennai’s Integral Coach Factory (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) On January 7 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned a 351-kilometre section between Khurja and Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh for commercial operations. This marked the first phase of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project. Together, the eastern and…

On India’s Manufacturing Sector: Make, or Break Source link

The Indian economy is often criticised as delivering jobless growth-from 2001 to 2011, the economy’s average growth rate was 7.7 per cent, but the job growth rate was a meagre 1.8 per cent. Reports indicate that matters may not have changed much in the past decade. According to a leaked report from the National Sample…

On Women’s Welfare: Waiting To Take Wing Source link

On India’s Aviation Sector: Reaching For The Sky Source link

On Defence: Fighting To Win Source link

Year 2020 will stand out for education across the globe and particularly for India. The Covid pandemic not only severely disrupted the education system but also forced a hurried shift to virtual learning. In India, it was also the year when the New Education Policy (NEP) was unveiled, after a gap of 34 years. The…