Aspirations

Ever since Ranchi was selected as the venue for the national games - I was super excited to witness the spectacle called National Games to be held in Ranchi(my home city). I cherished the thought that  soon I will witness live sports . Since a month I was really thrilled to see how my city of falls was getting ready for the show- the roads were reconstructed, the city  walls painted with shades of yellow, pink and blue, with anti-encroachment drives (suddenly the city’s  streets seemed so well maintained and traffic blues were a thing of the past ), the whole city was suddenly rising to meet the challenges thrown open to her. I was really excited to witness the sea change in administrative efficiency with law and order in place and each and every citizen cooperating with the administration in entirety . Ever since the opening of the national games (after  some glitches of around 4yrs) , I was( to be honest)  bewildered by the scintillating opening ceremony ...

During  my school days , I remember  understanding and marking the rivers, lakes, mountains, states of india and world was one of the toughest  expedition for me. Nevertheless, I had  since those times developed  a deep sense of curiosity about the seven states located in the North east of India. This curiosity was further escalated when I started reading special editions of Yojana and kurukshetra on the North Eastern states. While reading about these states I had roughly figured out that these states are abound with natural beauty and resources . I as an economist had also pondered several times as to how these states economy thrived and as to how a balanced and holistic development can be attained. This  curiosity  was  raised to the top eschelons  when I strated enjoying Anthropology of India and this region seemed to me as a  living library  of anthropological  world.At that point in time with the nits and bits of knowledg...

Since 2nd february,2006- India witnessed the implementation of a policy miracle manifested in the form of the enactment of the MNREGA scheme. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The scheme notwithstanding the deficits is a "BIG" policy miracle no doubt and was initiated with the best of intentions. The very fact that in a country like India where the huge demography poses the challenge of unemployment necessiates that the political economy comes up with an institutional innovation to give an opportunity to all who demand it. This is a herculean challenge but the fact that rural demography demands a different set of employment landscape namely an assured means of job + a steady flow of purchasing power  coupled with the ability to do manual w...