Just a Little bit of discipline and investing money regularly would help you create a large Corpus for your retirement in a few years of time - Wake up and plan for your Future Retirement now

Economy : The series of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India just before Pranab Mukherjee laid down office as the Finance Minister were aimed at encouraging forex inflows, and thereby reverse the downtrend in the value of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar and other currencies. Soon enough, it was felt that other measures were needed to revive the economy - Reversing growth recession

Economy : Government’s policy of price control is a major disincentive for capacity addition - Nutrient-based subsidy in urea, a must

Agriculture - Kharif sowing down despite better rain and Status at Reservoirs

Bad policy compounds the impact of poor rainfall. But India has still got enough buffer against erratic rains - Even if Monsoon’s Bad, GDP Impact No More Than 0.25%

From smarter official response systems to availability of better technology and information flow, India’s capacity to handle a drought has improved vastly - 5 Reasons Why Even a Drought Won’t Matter

Agriculture - 56 pc of MGNREGS wages in Bengal delayed, no delays in TN, northeastern states - PM wants audits to check rural job scheme wage delays

Agriculture - Containing the impact of deficient rain requires proactive due diligence rather than big-ticket policy actions - Chasing a drought

Economy : In most developed — and many developing — countries today, a 12-year school education and universal health coverage (UHC) are the two primary responsibilities of the state. India has failed miserably on both counts - Take this patient to ICU

Health - Countering Obesity with Drugs has always Proved difficult Due to Nasty Side Effects.Why are they so Hard to make? - Fat Lot of Good

Why is Indian Media Suddenly nervous about its own power?Why is it promoting the idea of its 'regulation'? - Shoot me the Messenger

Some startling facts about living standards revealed - The McWages index

Economy : Low growth and high inflation will hit consumption across all income groups - A Dangerous Mix

Science and Technology - The rupee devaluation over last year has exacerbated problems for an industry that has no manufacturing capabilities but instead assembles imported components - Hard knocks for Indian hardware

Economy : Giving in to public protest against privatisation of water services and indiscriminate pricing of water, the modified national water policy provides for subsidy to the poor but at the same time emphasises the need for subjecting water to allocation and pricing on ‘economic principles’ - Water policy against ‘heavy under-pricing’ of power for farmers

Economy - India's Budgeting must be measured up to international best Practices.A Fiscal Responsibility Council Headed by Prime Minister needs to be constituted - The Fiscal Imperative

Economy : India’s backbone comes from its indomitable infrastructure which has undergone massive changes in the past decade.These changes were owing to the rapid growth rate of the Indian economy and fast paced urbanisation - Indian infrastructure – pillar of progress and strength

The heart of this collection of essays is a powerful historiographical introduction to the study of the Indian village. Explaining how the Indian village became a focal point of study for social anthropologists, the introduction brings together critiques of colonial notions of the self-sufficient village community and idealised models of caste and varna - Life and times of the Indian village

Economy : The slowdown is characterised by a sharp deceleration in investment growth on the demand side and in agriculture, manufacturing and construction on the supply side, alongside high and unprecedented current account deficits.The growth model has come undone

More and more farmers in East Godavari district are shifting to aquaculture if the steady increase in the extent of fish tanks as well as the quantum of inland fishing in the district is any indication - East Godavari farmers shifting to aquaculture