• Economy

    Restructuring of the Railway Board.

    In a recent report by Bloomberg, it has been reported that the Union Government has decided to cut Railway Board’s compositional strength by 25%. That, the move would entail transferring the director-level official and above to zonal railways. The move is expected to bring efficiency. The railway board is an apex decision making body the biggest public-sector employer in the country. The restructuring of the Railway Board had also been recommended by the Bibek Debroy committee on Indian Railways in 2015. This was long mooted, way back during the Atal Behari Vajpayee Goverment and is part of Railway Minister’s 100 day agenda for Indian Raiway.

  • Jottings

    Yeah, de-radicalization will not happen so easily.

    Winning Kashmiri hearts and minds is a long battle; short-sighted and illiberal measures from an authoritarian playbook could prove counter-productive. Excerpt from The Hindu Editorial, January 18, 2020 So, I suppose it is really easy according to this ridiculous article from The Hindu in its editorial section. This editorial has been quickly made by the folks at The Hindu ostensibly to give its prescriptions to de-radicalize the youths in Kashmir Valley but in reality, it seems that it is to counter the views put forth by the CDS Bipin Rawat. Well, by now, it should be clear to everyone that the Left does not like Bipin Rawat. In fact, if…