Vivian Fernandes, Author at Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

Israeli Politics Can Hold Back Progress On The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

September 27, 2023

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) hinges crucially on Saudi Arabia and Israel resolving their political differences of 75 years. Though Saudi Arabia and Israel do cooperate on various issues, they have not established diplomatic relations. But they are less prickly than

Is The Index Cited By The PM on August 15 An Accurate Measure of Acute Poverty?

Vivian Fernandes

August 21, 2023

Top Story

One hundred and thirty-five million of “my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class” during his first five-year term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in his Independence Day address to

Do Karnataka’s Five Income-Boosters Expose The Limits Of GDP Trickle Down?

Vivian Fernandes

July 25, 2023

Top Story

Karnataka Congress government has not dithered in redeeming the five pre-poll promises it made. In the budget presented on July 7, it provided ₹39,815 crore for them. This is an income transfer to poor people, especially to women. But the government has

The Great NREGA Muddle: The Story Of Unpaid Wages

Vivian Fernandes

May 3, 2023

Top Story

It is the 48th day of the NREGA Sangharsh, or agitation, at Jantar Mantar, the well-known protest site in Delhi. One set of speakers from West Bengal is making fiery speeches in Bengali, demanding dearness allowance arrears, filling of vacancies in government

Caught In The Crossfire: Migrant Labour Being Held Hostage To India’s Cynical Politics

Vivian Fernandes

April 12, 2023

Deep Dive

Language has not been a barrier to inter-state migration, but the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s espousal of Hindi and its intolerance of Opposition-ruled states not aligned with its Hindutva ideology could trigger political mobilization that would stoke nativist sentiment and impede

Holes In The Safety Net: The Impact Of Social Sector Spending Cuts

Vivian Fernandes

March 1, 2023

Commentary

While the investor and business communities have approved of the Budget’s raising of capital expenditure, compressing the fiscal deficit and slightly hiking the disposable income of the middle class with income tax adjustments, abjectly poor India has little to cheer about. The

‘THEIR ATTITUDE HAS BEEN TO SPREAD CONFUSION AND FEAR’

Vivian Fernandes

January 5, 2023

Top Story

On October 18, 2022, the government approved the release of genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrid, Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH-11) for seed production and also the release of its GM parental lines for developing new parental lines and hybrids before its commercial release.

BONFIRE OF FOREST RIGHTS

Vivian Fernandes

October 8, 2022

Top Story

The regulations which the government notified in June vest the central government with the power to approve the diversion of forest land for industrial and infrastructural purposes without the consent of forest-dweller gram sabhas, greatly abridging the rights they are entitled to

Raising A Stink

Vivian Fernandes

August 3, 2022

Top Story

As one drives towards Chandigarh, a short distance past the gurudwara at Majnu Ka Tilla in North Delhi, a looming mountain comes into view through Delhi’s haze. The size of the mountain starts to grow bigger on the approach to the GT

Plastic Pollution: The Bane Of A Wonder Material

Vivian Fernandes

August 1, 2022

Top Story

Plastic Pollution: The Bane of a Wonder Material The measures announced to make the July 1 ban on 20 single-use plastic (SUP) items are so comprehensive that only lax enforcement can breach them. But they left out the big polluters—the producers of

Vivian Fernandes

Israeli Politics Can Hold Back Progress On The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Is The Index Cited By The PM on August 15 An Accurate Measure of Acute Poverty?

Do Karnataka’s Five Income-Boosters Expose The Limits Of GDP Trickle Down?

The Great NREGA Muddle: The Story Of Unpaid Wages

Caught In The Crossfire: Migrant Labour Being Held Hostage To India’s Cynical Politics

Holes In The Safety Net: The Impact Of Social Sector Spending Cuts

‘THEIR ATTITUDE HAS BEEN TO SPREAD CONFUSION AND FEAR’

BONFIRE OF FOREST RIGHTS

Raising A Stink

Plastic Pollution: The Bane Of A Wonder Material

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