ISSUES AND CONCERNS

Maharashtra: WORKPLACE HARASSMENT Physical harassment of women in work places is an issue that needs serious attention of authorities, both police and political leadership. More often than not it’s the political patronage that plays its villain role in the entire sordid happening all over India. We have had this “Me too Movement” in 2018-19 that did expose some powerful politically connected people. But somehow the movement tapered off over a period. However what is a matter of concern is the physical exploitation of women in sports arena, especially in the sports complexes where exercise, training etc take place. It must have been happening ever since these sports complexes came into existence decades ago. But somehow the matter did not become a staple of public consumption, either because women affected tolerated to live another day or just left the sports complex. But ever since prominent female wrestlers decided to assert themselves and with support of male wrestlers of repute joi...

INDIA 4th LARGEST ECONOMY: BUT INEQAULITY PERSISTS India which was on the 5th place in the global ranking pushed Japan to 5th place in the recent review of these ranking and is not too far from overtaking Germany which is in the 3rd place. However what is bewildering is Germany is 5th in HDI ranking of UNDP and Japan is in 23rd, in the Very High Human Development Index whereas India is languishing at 130 in the latest ranking by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It is true that we were in 133 and improved to 130 since last ranking. “We are a large economy, mostly by virtue of our large population, but we are still a poor country. With a per capita income of $2880/- in dollar terms (IMF – April 2025), we rank 136th in the League of Nations. We are the poorest country among BRICS, we are the poorest in G20 and we have more poor people than any other country in the world”, wrote D. Subbarao, a former Governor of Reserve Bank of India. India may have become a $4.4 trillion...