Jayanta Bhattacharya

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao | High on Publicity, Low on Ground Reality? Allocations and on-ground improvements show a disconcerting gap.

For years, sugarcane cultivators have blamed mill owners for underweighting their produce. But in the absence of government intervention, the cultivators claim the practice is growing unabated this crushing season. 

The Union Government may have revoked the contentious farm laws but did the government keep the assurances made to the farmers' unions? Farmers' associations across the country say the government has reneged on its words, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya.

Demonetisation, unfulfilled assurances by banks, covid-19 and corruption forced Avinash, an educationist - who once owned three schools in Delhi-NCR - to take up the shovel and become a farmer.

Bullets may not fly across the Eastern theatre, yet it is the most difficult border to manage today, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya

The issue of fake medical asylum not just affects the case in question but drags the entire investigative and judicial process. This can only be curbed to an extent if the medical boards in such hospitals are scrutinised and held accountable. The doctors must be treated as an accomplice to the crime for derailing the investigation, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya.

Assam’s flood and erosion problems are singularly different from other states and are probably one of the most acute and unique problems facing our country. But the water resources ministry admits that long-term measures have not been implemented so far, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya