VISION OF PERMANENCE



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UP Population Control Bill For us at ISSUES & CONCERNS (I&C), issue of exploding population, especially of India, has been very close to our heart. When I&C got launched in November 2000, the first issue on the cover was POPULATION, for the universal relevance of the issue even then. In successive editions during the last 20 years, I&C has tried to highlight the issue of uncontrolled growth in numbers. Despite argument in favour of the so-called Demographic Dividend, we persisted in highlighting the vagaries of this problem of all problems. It’s been a kind of saga for us at I&C. 11th July 2021, the World Population Day came and went into national amnesia as usual. The customary government advertisement (both central & state) had stopped years ago. Leadership at all levels did not lose their sleep on this mother of all problems. But for the first time a Chief Minister of a state decided to bell the cat, it’s “Hum Do, hamare do, nahi toh!” Chief Minister Yogi Adi...
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MONTH THAT WAS

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MIP - MARCH 2024

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NEW DELHI: BHARAT RATNAS GALORE ,P>At five, this is the maximum number of the highest civilian award of Bharat Ratnas declared in one year. Beginning with former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and then followed by former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. After a lull of a few days comes the announcement of Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan or more well known as M.S. Swaminathan, the acclaimed father of Indian Green Revolution, followed by Chaudhary Charan Singh, a former Prime Minister and 2 times Chief Minister of U.P. and P.V. Narasimha Rao, a former Prime Minister. Truth of the matter is except Lal Krishna Advani, who is past 96 years of age, all others have passed away. This government at the centre is there since last almost 10 years, and attempting to remain continued for another term. This government could have conferred the honor all these years, but it didn’t happen for varieties of reasons. However it’s better late than never. It could even be termed a politi...
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