Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Do Executive Decisions Need Parliament’s Approval?
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said the Government’s decision on FDI in retail is just an executive matter and does not require Parliament’s approval. It is true that Parliament is primarily a law making body where discussions happen over bills and laws. Decision on FDI is neither a bill or a law, and it is the prerogative of…
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Reservation Quota for Promotions in States?
The Bill is passed in LokSabha (Constitutional Amendment) to ensure reservation in promotions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Government jobs. Similar amendments were enacted in 1995, 2000 and 2002, but failed to serve the purpose completely. The Supreme Court’s stand on reservation in promotion (2006) was as follows: Before giving promotions the state must…
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Why Auction Is Not The Best Policy?
It is a wonder the Government moving again and again in the no-auction way and landing in troubles. It was the case with 2G and now the same issue had happened with coal allocation too. It is said that not only the 142 coal licenses under UPA2 government, but also many other licenses under the…
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Indian Olympic Medals – Time For Dreams To Come True?
India remained for long as a nation with 100 crore people and 1 medal in each Olympics (1996 Atlanta till 2008 Beijing). Indian Olympic Medals It was Leander Peas, Karnam Malewshari and R.S. Rathore who made sure that India will return home with at-least one medal in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. 2008 Beijing Olympics saw a new India, bagging 3 medals…
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Should India Drop V.V.S. Laxman?
The continuous defeat of Indian Cricket Team in foreign soil, starting with England(4-0) and now with Australia(3-0) is raising huge debate among cricket fans and experts. The major cry now is for the heads of seniors, and the predominant voice is that the process of dropping seniors should start from Laxman. It is true that Laxman has…
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Farmers’ Suicide – Why can’t we open our eyes yet?
As per the report of P.Sainath, the pioneer reporter on Farmers’ suicide, while five states did manage a significant decline in farm suicides, more states have reported increase over the same period( 2003-2010). But somehow things are not working the the right way in India, where more than 60% of population depend on agriculture as…
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