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Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the BJP’s manifesto for the 2019 election in New Delhi on April 8.

A study in contrast

A look at the manifestos of the BJP, the Congress, the CPI(M) and the Samajwadi Party.
Seshadri Kumar
Rahul Dandwate, a 26-year-old bachelor of engineering graduate who has been unemployed for one year, at a job fair in Chinchwad, Maharashtra, on February 7.

Numbers don’t lie

A reality check on the Modi government’s achievements in five years in comparison with the 60-month periods of the previous three administrations: NDA
Seshadri Kumar

Deadly disruption

The chaos following the move to remove notes from circulation exposes the country’s lack of preparedness in the bid to shift to a cashless economy.
SESHADRI KUMAR
TO GO WITH India-farm-food-milk-sector, FEATURE by Phil Hazlewood Holstein-Friesian breed cows are seen inside the rotary at the Bhagyalaxmi Dairy Farm located northeast of the Indian city of Pune on January 12, 2012. With a herd of more than 3,000 cows, a state-of-the-art milking parlour and on-site bottling plant using French technology, it's a far cry from traditional Indian dairy farming by villagers with just one or two cattle. The 10.5-hectare (26-acre) farm, owned by Parag Milk Foods Limited, provides milk for the Pride of Cows brand, which at 75 rupees (1.4 USD) a litre is about three times more expensive than other milk products on the market. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE

Milking the holy cow

There is no way of producing milk profitably in a commercial venture if unproductive cows are retained. If one is serious about not killing cows, one
SESHADRI KUMAR
An Indian child sits at the entrance of a temporary shelter at the Vaddera Basthi slum in Hyderabad on July 13, 2016. More than one third of India's 62 million children aged five or less are stunted in their growth, according to a global report. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim warned during a visit to India in June that 'if you walk into the future economy with 40 percent of your workforce having been stunted as children, you are simply not going to be able to compete.' / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

Uneven development

Liberalisation without government intervention has resulted in asymmetric growth leading to a highly skewed population distribution, overcrowded citie
SESHADRI KUMAR
Employees work on an assembly line of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India during a media tour to the newly inaugurated plant at Vithalapur town in the western state of Gujarat, India, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Good days yet to come

Data show that our days are not statistically any more “acche” than they were under the previous governments.
SESHADRI KUMAR