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Bihar in NIRF Ranking: No State Institution Find A Place; Only IIT-Patna in Top 100
None of the educational institution of Bihar government have found a place in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) conducted by the Union Ministry of Education. IIT-Patna is the only educational institution based in Bihar that has managed to find a place in top 100 institutions in overall ranking across the country.
Covid Vaccine Booster Doses Need to be Decided Based on Local Evidence
A large number of population in India have not yet been administered Covid vaccine. However, for those who have received the prescribed two doses of the vaccine, the question remains what next? Should they take booster doses? There is no scientifically proven or official guidelines on booster doses, yet. The decision on booster doses should be taken on the basis of local evidence and studies conducted in different parts of the country and not based on the decisions taken in the western countries.
Rebound in Economy After Covid Slump; GDP Soars by 20% in Q1 of 2021-22
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 20.1 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal led by revival in construction and manufacturing activities and the government’s push to infrastructure and public investment.
Modi Govt prepares plan to monetise infra assets worth Rs.6 lakh crore in 4 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi government has prepared a plan to monetise unutilised infrastructure assets worth Rs.6 lakh crore across the sectors including railways, airports, coal mining, roads, telecom and power sectors over the next four years.
Bihar Among the Top 4 States in Providing Tap Water to Rural Households
Five years ago, less than two per cent of the rural households in Bihar had tap water connections, making the state among the bottom five in terms of providing safe drinking water to its citizen. Now 87 per cent of the rural households in the state have tap water connection, thanks to Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal scheme implemented as part of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Saat Nischay (seven resolves)
CONTRIBUTORS
Mr. Atul K Thakur
Public Policy Professional
Atul K Thakur is a Public Policy Professional, Journalist, and Writer with specialisation in the interface of politics and economics. His interest of writing and research is quite diverse and reaches to the areas of macro economic policies and international affairs, with special focus on South Asia. As an author/editor, India Now & Its Transition (Niyogi Books, 2016) is his latest book. In 2013, he edited India since1947:Looking Back at a Modern Nation (Niyogi Books), a major work on modern India. His next book is going to be based on Nepal’s complex political transition, with authoritative research and first hand experience of knowing this country as a scholar. He is an alumnus, inter alia, of Banaras Hindu University and has worked across the sectors, spanning consultancy, policy research and media. View Detailed Profile…
Dr. Akhilesh K. Sharma
Development Economist
Dr. Akhilesh K. Sharma is a Development Economist. At present, he is Assistant Professor at Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, India. Previously, he has been affiliated with Institute for Human Development, New Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi.
Dr. Sharma has obtained his doctoral degree in Economics from Banaras Hindu University. He has achieved international award in the category of young scholars from Alfred Nobel Charity Fund in 2011. He has achieved Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Doctoral Fellowship during his Ph.D. His areas of research interests are MSMEs, start-ups, institutional economics, human development, social protection, inclusive growth, and macro-economic modelling.
Rajesh Mishra
Senior Journalist
Rajesh Mishra is a senior journalist currently working with Qatar Tribune, a Qatar-based daily. He has extensive experience of beat reporting as well editing and rewriting news reports and features in a journalistic career spanning about three decades. Having started his journalistic career as a sub-editor with Patriot newspaper in New Delhi way back in 1992, Mishra has also worked with prestigious newspaper Hindustan Times, Patna, and the premier news agency the Press Trust of India, New Delhi. For a short while he also served as the Bhubaneswar (Odisha) correspondent of iVision, a news agency catering to the electronic media. During his stint at Hindustan Times, Patna, Mishra was known for his flair for cultural reporting. View Detailed Profile…
Mr. Pratyush K. Singh
Legal Expert – Corporate and Labour Laws
Pratyush K. Singh is a Partner with Tatva Legal Hyderabad. He practices in the areas of corporate and commercial laws and employment / labour laws. His practice focuses both on general corporate counselling/advisory and transactional advisory. Pratyush has extensive experience in advising clients in setting up of operations and business, structuring and drafting of transaction documents, strategic joint ventures, licensing and procurement, outsourcing and services arrangements, and operation of information technology-based businesses and services. Pratyush also advises on a broad range of employment law matters. He has particular expertise and experience in the areas of workforce restructuring, the optimization of employee benefits, employment issues relating to business re-organizations (outsourcing and M&A), the employment of directors and executives, and multi-jurisdictional employment matters.