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Which ‘model’ can improve TN’s road safety record?The Eighth Column
The recently released data for road accidents across India present the shocking picture of Tamil Nadu topping all States in the rise of traffic accidents in 2021 over the previous year, going up from 46,443 to 57,090. Chennai is the mega city that fares the worst...
Wanted: an angel investor to sustain MIDS ChennaiThe Eighth Column
Facing an acute paucity of funds, Chennai’s premier social science thinktank, the Madras Institute of Development Studies, popularly known as MIDS, has reached out to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Dr Palanivel Thiagarajan for financial support from the state...
How proposed Area Sabha fails on empowerment, transparencyThe Eighth Column
The Tamil Nadu Rules on Ward Committees and Area Sabha, to be set up to empower citizens under the Municipal Corporation Acts for Chennai and other cities, fall severely short on transparency and democratisation norms, reinforcing the criticism that State...
Organic certification: Much of the produce is uncertifiedThe Eighth Column
Organic produce is often marketed as non-toxic in Chennai but without any certification. Sales depends on trust created by word of mouth. Below is the second part of (read first part here) of the interview with Arogyam Organic Foods managing director S Arumugasamy...
Organic certification: Decoding the true nature of produceThe Eighth Column
Organic certification is a must to ensure quality but the costs are prohibitive for small producers. There has been a growing awareness of the need for producing food without using chemicals. Alternatives to farming that uses chemical fertilizers and pesticides are...
What the new Chennai MTC bus app does and what it does notThe Eighth Column
The Chennai bus app does work fairly well on certain basic aspects but could be more user-friendly. Using the app, the next MTC bus on your route can now be spotted on a mobile phone, sparing the commuter the frustrating guessing game of whether there is any bus...
Jana Gana Mana: A political film that doesn’t preachThe Eight Column
Jana Gana Mana, a Malayalam film, breaks new ground by being an openly political film without being preachy. It goes farther than any ideologically based political film, too. Starring Prithviraj, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mamta Mohandas and Ilavarasu and directed by Dijo...
Who or what is Dravidian in today’s times?The Eight Column
Who is Dravidian is a perennial question in Tamil public life. Even the Ilaiyaraja controversy has meandered to that question. The Ilaiyaraja row is not a naturally occurring event that is the job of journalists to uncover and write about. It is a staged event...
PMMY Mudra loans: Data maya, not real achievementsThe Eighth Column
Marking the 7th anniversary of the launch of the PMMY Mudra Loans scheme last week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “It is noteworthy that more than 34.42 crore loan accounts amounting to Rs.18.60 lakh crore have been opened under the Scheme for the...
Why Union govt claims on Mudra loans are misleadingThe Eighth Column
Mudra loans have been touted as a gamechanger in making unsecured credit available to those engaged in small businesses who are outside the corporate sector. Launched in 2015, the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) provides loans up to Rs 10 lakh to non-corporate,...
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