Citizen-student debates on campuses could reduce campus discontent. Comment. Rashmi Prof B R A Rao’s institute for competitive exams. Bangalore

Water conservation through trapping rain water using soak pits is an urgent necessity. It should be done more through social capital and corporate social responsibility. Rashmi Prof B R A Rao’s institute for competitive exams. Bangalore

Modi’s diplomacy has both hard and soft demerits. Comment. Rashmi Prof B R A Rao’s institute for competitive exams. Bangalore

Can ordinance route be used to pass Money Bill, since both money bill and ordinance bills are passed by a simple majority by the parliament?

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/flush-with-finance-53593 Over 73 per cent of rural Tamil Nadu defecates in the open. The construction cost is a major deterrent for poor people. “It equals our monthly income,” says Trirathimala of Chettikulam village in Tiruchirappalli district. Realising this critical gap in providing sanitation, Gramalaya started a microfinance programme, the Gramalaya Urban and Rural Development Initia-tive… Continue reading Interesting case study to read – micro finance + zero defecation

Chief Justice of India crying, farmers committing suicide, half of India reeling under severe drought, unprecedented rural-urban migration, job growth lowest in six years, 8.32 crore under-age married girls, poor women being trapped and forced into slavery, Kashmir witnessing unrest, tribal women being raped and molested in Chhattisgarh and the list goes on. Saying Bharat… Continue reading The state of our nation