Polio Eradicated
Sweetest and the most comforting news to have come from india in the recent past is the successful eradication of polio. Rotary International and Bill Gates foundation had a big role to play. Pakistan struggles to do the same due to taliban opposition. There are rumors there about polio vaccine: that it is a Western plot to sterilize girls, that it is unclean under Islamic law, that it contains the AIDS virus. It pains me to read that visitors to india take measles vaccine before coming. That should be the next target.
Read More: http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/india-wins-while-pakistan-keeps-losing-in-fight-against-polio/
Fertility Rate sees a huge fall
38 years from now world population expected to be 9.3 billion(Now 7 billion, one billion is 100 crore or 1000 million). This is an optimistic projection. Actuals might be 11 billion. Under either forecast, scientists say, living conditions are likely to be bleak for much of humanity. Water, food and arable land will be more scarce, cities more crowded and hunger more widespread. In short life will be more difficult. I expect it to be something similar to going to hell. We would be lucky if we can manage to avoid mega problems. Inflation with water and land shortages are already staring us in the face. Why i classify this news as good is because Fertility rate in India now is 2.5 per woman down from 2.8. Fertility rate of 2.1 per woman is called replacement rate.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/la-fg-population-matters1-20120722-html,0,7213271.htmlstory
Poverty reduces, Progress in achieving Millenium Development Goals
If at all you didn't know about it, the Millenium Development Goals were set in the year 2000. There were totally 8 major goals and several numerical targets. Read about the goals and how much has been achieved in the 12 years since these were set in the article.
Read more: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180952/
India to be largest economy by 2050
This bit of news seemed too good to be true. But on reading the following article it was clear that this biggest economy tag is notional as it is comparing GDP in PPP(purchasing power parity terms).
Read More: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-to-become-worlds-largest-economy-by-2050-Report/articleshow/12443185.cms
Inflation brought under control
Well this post i created over several months and the article on inflation being brought under control has been removed. Even otherwise i would say getting it down from 12% to 9.7% is quite an achievement and the press has not written about this yet.
Read More: (Dead Link)
Growth rate second highest in the world
Even this article post is quite old but never the less looks at the positive side of the story.
Read More: http://expertscolumn.com/content/indian-economy-posts-second-highest-gdp-growth-rate-globally
Roads sector is shining
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.... Roads sector is seeing infra companies making losses on projects due to delays in land aquisition and increase in costs. But a small statistical figure of number of kilomters added shows a silver lining in the dark clouds.
Read More: http://news.indiamart.com/story/govt-says-fy12-was-outstanding-year-indian-road-sector-166941.html
Electricity Sector to be better and better
Historically India has had high T&D losses in electricity sector. Powergrid Corporation of India Limited(PGCIL) has embarked on smart grid implementation. If this is successful then we would cross a milestone in Transmission and Distribution technology evolution in India.
Read More: http://www.infrawindow.com/news/pgcil-s-smart-grid-to-lessen-transmission-and-distribution-losses_771/
Read More: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-02/news/31116912_1_smart-grid-pgcil-pilot-basis
Coal sector on the cusp of growth
This bit of international news from australia shows that there is nothing wrong in india. Coal demand is high. The only bottleneck as far as india is concerned is who will mine it and how much tax would they pay to do it. So this bit of news is positive despite the coal gate scandal.
Read More: http://www.ohsa.com.au/2012/08/coal-isnt-dead-yet/
Steel sees resurgence
India has largest reserves of iron ore and our coal reserves are not less either. Despite having both the ingredients to make steel we are importing some of it. Our exports of steel are nothing to write home about. What we do is exporting iron ore. It is time we stop doing this and move up the value chain. I found an interesting comparison of production of steel in India versus the world.
Read More: http://www.sify.com/finance/making-india-a-china-style-hotspot-for-steel-news-default-mioaOdaeaje.html
Telecom tangle to be resolved soon
This bit of headline i read someday and jotted it down in my e-diary. When i searched for it now there are no results to show. So this goes as just another hope. As timepass you could read a pro-congress blog just to get the other side of the story(Congress ki zubaani).
Read More: http://countryawake.blogspot.com/
Manufacturing PMI leaning on growth side
Manufacturing is a sector which is like the engine of the economy and the PMI(purchasing manager's index) measures the contraction or expansion of production. It is heartening to note that the slowdown is bottoming out and this index might improve in the remaining 6 months of 12-13.
Read More: http://www.firstpost.com/economy/stable-pmi-hints-indias-gdp-growth-has-bottomed-out-says-nomura-475948.html
Good governance expected in UP
Akhilesh yadav has an uncle by name of rajpal yadav whos a sort of drag on him and some sort of restriction on his freedom to formulate policies. His govt. is not regressive and has allowed the delhi-agra expressway to open. Akhilesh has even said the parks that mayawati built might serve as tourist attractions, a highly wise and pragmatic statement given the circumstances. Read a prayer for good future of uttar pradesh published in dainik jagran.
Read More: http://publicinterestfoundation.com/2012/09/21/mission-development-for-uttar-pradesh/
India manages a record 6 medals at olympics
We all know who won those medals and in which disciplines.
Read More: http://www.easternpanorama.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2116:london-olympics-&catid=6:contents&Itemid=10
Passport Seva Kendras a roaring success with help from TCS
Read More: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/passport-centres-showway/488016/
Infosys helps IT department streamline tax filing
I really liked the way tax deducted from me was credited back last year. Tax filing has been made easy now. The inefficient officers of IT department are up in arms against the outsourcing of tax file processing. If only the government offices outsource their job it would be very good.
Read more:(infosys web site, horses mouth)
http://www.infosysbpo.com/offerings/india-bpo/case-studies/pages/online-tax-returns.aspx
Internet penetration at 10% of the population, expected to be 40% by 2015.
Read More: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-10/news/31318824_1_internet-users-penetration-number-of-facebook-users
Sweetest and the most comforting news to have come from india in the recent past is the successful eradication of polio. Rotary International and Bill Gates foundation had a big role to play. Pakistan struggles to do the same due to taliban opposition. There are rumors there about polio vaccine: that it is a Western plot to sterilize girls, that it is unclean under Islamic law, that it contains the AIDS virus. It pains me to read that visitors to india take measles vaccine before coming. That should be the next target.
Read More: http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/india-wins-while-pakistan-keeps-losing-in-fight-against-polio/
Fertility Rate sees a huge fall
38 years from now world population expected to be 9.3 billion(Now 7 billion, one billion is 100 crore or 1000 million). This is an optimistic projection. Actuals might be 11 billion. Under either forecast, scientists say, living conditions are likely to be bleak for much of humanity. Water, food and arable land will be more scarce, cities more crowded and hunger more widespread. In short life will be more difficult. I expect it to be something similar to going to hell. We would be lucky if we can manage to avoid mega problems. Inflation with water and land shortages are already staring us in the face. Why i classify this news as good is because Fertility rate in India now is 2.5 per woman down from 2.8. Fertility rate of 2.1 per woman is called replacement rate.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/la-fg-population-matters1-20120722-html,0,7213271.htmlstory
Poverty reduces, Progress in achieving Millenium Development Goals
If at all you didn't know about it, the Millenium Development Goals were set in the year 2000. There were totally 8 major goals and several numerical targets. Read about the goals and how much has been achieved in the 12 years since these were set in the article.
Read more: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180952/
India to be largest economy by 2050
This bit of news seemed too good to be true. But on reading the following article it was clear that this biggest economy tag is notional as it is comparing GDP in PPP(purchasing power parity terms).
Read More: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-to-become-worlds-largest-economy-by-2050-Report/articleshow/12443185.cms
Inflation brought under control
Well this post i created over several months and the article on inflation being brought under control has been removed. Even otherwise i would say getting it down from 12% to 9.7% is quite an achievement and the press has not written about this yet.
Read More: (Dead Link)
Growth rate second highest in the world
Even this article post is quite old but never the less looks at the positive side of the story.
Read More: http://expertscolumn.com/content/indian-economy-posts-second-highest-gdp-growth-rate-globally
Roads sector is shining
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.... Roads sector is seeing infra companies making losses on projects due to delays in land aquisition and increase in costs. But a small statistical figure of number of kilomters added shows a silver lining in the dark clouds.
Read More: http://news.indiamart.com/story/govt-says-fy12-was-outstanding-year-indian-road-sector-166941.html
Electricity Sector to be better and better
Historically India has had high T&D losses in electricity sector. Powergrid Corporation of India Limited(PGCIL) has embarked on smart grid implementation. If this is successful then we would cross a milestone in Transmission and Distribution technology evolution in India.
Read More: http://www.infrawindow.com/news/pgcil-s-smart-grid-to-lessen-transmission-and-distribution-losses_771/
Read More: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-02/news/31116912_1_smart-grid-pgcil-pilot-basis
Coal sector on the cusp of growth
This bit of international news from australia shows that there is nothing wrong in india. Coal demand is high. The only bottleneck as far as india is concerned is who will mine it and how much tax would they pay to do it. So this bit of news is positive despite the coal gate scandal.
Read More: http://www.ohsa.com.au/2012/08/coal-isnt-dead-yet/
Steel sees resurgence
India has largest reserves of iron ore and our coal reserves are not less either. Despite having both the ingredients to make steel we are importing some of it. Our exports of steel are nothing to write home about. What we do is exporting iron ore. It is time we stop doing this and move up the value chain. I found an interesting comparison of production of steel in India versus the world.
Read More: http://www.sify.com/finance/making-india-a-china-style-hotspot-for-steel-news-default-mioaOdaeaje.html
Telecom tangle to be resolved soon
This bit of headline i read someday and jotted it down in my e-diary. When i searched for it now there are no results to show. So this goes as just another hope. As timepass you could read a pro-congress blog just to get the other side of the story(Congress ki zubaani).
Read More: http://countryawake.blogspot.com/
Manufacturing PMI leaning on growth side
Manufacturing is a sector which is like the engine of the economy and the PMI(purchasing manager's index) measures the contraction or expansion of production. It is heartening to note that the slowdown is bottoming out and this index might improve in the remaining 6 months of 12-13.
Read More: http://www.firstpost.com/economy/stable-pmi-hints-indias-gdp-growth-has-bottomed-out-says-nomura-475948.html
Good governance expected in UP
Akhilesh yadav has an uncle by name of rajpal yadav whos a sort of drag on him and some sort of restriction on his freedom to formulate policies. His govt. is not regressive and has allowed the delhi-agra expressway to open. Akhilesh has even said the parks that mayawati built might serve as tourist attractions, a highly wise and pragmatic statement given the circumstances. Read a prayer for good future of uttar pradesh published in dainik jagran.
Read More: http://publicinterestfoundation.com/2012/09/21/mission-development-for-uttar-pradesh/
India manages a record 6 medals at olympics
We all know who won those medals and in which disciplines.
Read More: http://www.easternpanorama.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2116:london-olympics-&catid=6:contents&Itemid=10
Passport Seva Kendras a roaring success with help from TCS
Read More: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/passport-centres-showway/488016/
Infosys helps IT department streamline tax filing
I really liked the way tax deducted from me was credited back last year. Tax filing has been made easy now. The inefficient officers of IT department are up in arms against the outsourcing of tax file processing. If only the government offices outsource their job it would be very good.
Read more:(infosys web site, horses mouth)
http://www.infosysbpo.com/offerings/india-bpo/case-studies/pages/online-tax-returns.aspx
Internet penetration at 10% of the population, expected to be 40% by 2015.
Read More: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-10/news/31318824_1_internet-users-penetration-number-of-facebook-users
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