Ground Reality

he Winter Session of India's Parliament ended last Friday.During the Session, both inside and outside the house,high octane political tussles broke, inflicting   deep wounds among various political parties.The growing bitterness left many guessing about future course of things –stored for the New year. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi tough agenda lies ahead after completion of Foreign trips to Russia and Afghanistan as the political cauldron has turned red hot ,and no one is sparing any one to settle scores amid ever increasing political intolerance.  A blizzard of accusations is hitting Finance minister Arun Jaitley for alleged irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association during his President ship of the organization but he is unfazed and pursuing libel case against Delhi's  Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is vociferous against the Central government. Kejriwal stepped up his opposition to Modi and sought his resignation for shielding J...

Known for  natural lustre and rough texture, Khadi strands  of late have turned   livewire in more ways than one, due to increasing footfalls at khadi, growing  sales  and demands  for technological upgradation, decent payment and working environs  to weavers and bridling cost of the fibre. Debates veer around whirring wheels of Charkhas. Leading from the front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  who had  launched   Khadi promotion blitz in his talk shows on radio, waves  a year ago, says the sales have almost doubled and more and more people purchase Khadi items now. Disputing  the government’s claims, many say hype was being created by raising bogey of sales. Khadi  and village industries top rung officials, keeping track of its sales and purchases across the country, wave ledgers to assert that purchases might be even  higher than what had been c...

MSMEs charter growth flight  India has gained by four notches in the word Bank's ranking of Ease of Doing Business. It has moved to revised rank of 134 and 12 places  over the original ranking of 142 last year. The latest ranking puts India at 130  position out of 189 countries.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted that it would provide boost to "Make in India",but Finance Minister Arun Jaitley opines  that the ranking does not fully reflect the slew of reforms taken by the government.   In MSME sector too, a string of reforms have been initiated and if all taken into account, the ranking will improve ,but the goal of being in the first 50 is a distant one but not impossible in a few years time, experts feel quoting recent reforms for MSMEs.    Amid sprouting of a multitude of start-ups, the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) sector appears to be on the cusp of sharp growth with th...