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Prices soar, people sore

Submitted by rkm on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:25.
Inflation
in India breached the 11 per cent mark , the highest in 14-odd years,
despite the growth rate tweaking to 9 per cent. This comes close on the
heels of rising fuel and food prices. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
Finance Minister P Chidambaram continue to assure the people that they
can rein in inflation. That Chidambaram's assurance is couched over his
worry can be seen when he says "double digit inflation would be there
for some more weeks and the Government as well as RBI would not
hesitate to take more steps to rein in soaring prices, if need arises.”
It is confusion worse confounded for the common man when he hears the
government announcing the fuel price hike, in addition to the rising
cost of essential commodities.

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India’s report card fails to make the grade

Submitted by rkm on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 22:21.

“Now there’s a doctor to look after us. And medicines too! See how our confidence has grown.”

That
is how India’s ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance,
kicked off its Report to the People, the official score sheet marking
the government’s four years in power released last month. The quote
refers to how the government, led by the Congress party’s Manmohan
Singh, prime minister, has improved healthcare, particularly for
India’s hundreds of millions of poor farmers.

Is our government too soft on such politicians?

Submitted by rkm on Sat, 06/21/2008 - 00:15.

Some state politicians have repeatedly been targeting people from specific communities and linguistic groups.

 

People want credible leadership

Submitted by rkm on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 17:03.

We welcome the show of spine by
the ruling coalition in deciding to go ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal in
the teeth of opposition by crucial allies, the Left.

The UPA would
appear to be standing up for what it thinks is the national interest, even at
the risk of triggering early elections. There is widespread cynicism among the
practitioners of realpolitik about the feasibility of explaining to the
electorate at large why the nuclear deal is worth pursuing even at the risk of
destabilising the government.

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