The book is a collection of the author’s previously published essays written between 2000-2017 with a fresh general introduction, section-wise commentaries and bibliographic additions. The themes encompass a whole range of development issues, namely drought and hunger, poverty, school meals, healthcare, child development and elementary education, employment guarantee and food security and PDS.
K Nagaraj, a pioneer in studying farmers’ suicide in India, is now demanding our attention with his new book on identifying the parameters of deprivation for making it a thing of the past. Written with Nalini Rajan, the book is primarily targeted at journalists, in the hope that they eventually speak truth to power.
The book under review by C Rammanohar Reddy is a timely addition to the literature on demonetization and indeed a very comprehensive one at that. Directed at the lay reader, it provides a succinct discussion of the context, history, and impact of the November 8, 2016 demonetization announcement by Prime Minister Modi that rendered all currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 illegal for use in transactions.
The contribution of Indian pharmaceutical companies in making lifesaving medicines accessible to millions of patients across the world, particularly reaching out to countries which had severe crisis of financing medicines for diseases like HIV&AIDS, malaria, have given the industry a special place—it is called the pharmacy of the world.
The contribution of Indian pharmaceutical companies in making lifesaving medicines accessible to millions of patients across the world, particularly reaching out to countries which had severe crisis of financing medicines for diseases like HIV&AIDS, malaria, have given the industry a special place—it is called the pharmacy of the world.
Governance and management of resources of (mostly) natural origin assume importance in countries where a predominant section of people draw use-values, livelihood or income—depending on the nature of the relevant economic system—from these.