Dr. VK Bahuguna

While the Union Agriculture Ministry has been tom-tomming about the achievements of the country for record food grains production of 273 million tonnes during 2016-17 the farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and some other states have come out with a massive revolt against the system and had been putting the law and order system into fire. The mayhem in Mandsuar had resulted in the death of 6 farmers in police firing. This is a wake up warning for the political leaders and policy makers of this country. The depth of seething anger against the government apathy to the cause of farmers had led the mischief mongers to indulge in loot and arson and provoking the simple distressed farmers to take law into their own hands.  The system in India are so designed and ossified that unless riots take place the system ignores the  problems. The country as a whole and MP governments in particular must brood over and analyse what has gone wrong despite the Chief Minister who himself is a...

A s the country is marching ahead in many fields so is our road infrastructure picking up and is one of the main driving forces of our economy now. Due to the proactive policies the infrastructure of roads has picked up faster than other sectors of the economy during last 15 years. The stagnation in the road sector is being dealt with in priority by the present regime. The vision of the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of constructing the Golden quadrangles and the decision to allow foreign investments in automobile technology in India has given a real boost to not only to the passenger car and other automobile  sector but to the overall economy of the country as well. In order to meet the future challenges, the leaders and planners of the country must assess the emerging situation with regards to the actual necessity of the road infrastructure and its quality vis-a-vis the growth of the auto sector and traffic on the roads. Let us accept the fact that notwithstanding the...