Sikkim's new chief minister will have to achieve growth without compromising nature.
India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
According to a UN report, people live long, healthy lives in these 12 countries.
'The Make in India target of getting manufacturing to account for 25% of GDP by 2022 is quite impossible to achieve.' 'As for the role of technology in the average Indian's life, it is still quite basic -- mobile phones and Mars successes notwithstanding,' says T N Ninan.
Rediff Labs analysed the data on happiness, peace and human development for countries all over the world.
While India's human development index has improved, absolute performance levels aren't satisfactory, says T N Ninan.
Can Baichung Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim party pose a challenge to Pawan Chamling who has not lost an election in 24 years?
India, the world's fastest-growing large economy, can surely move ahead in this area faster than the average.
Like its predecessors, the 2014 report (released two days ago) allows one to compare India's performance with other countries.
The omission of historical responsibilities, implying the build-up in the atmosphere of 165 years of greenhouse gas emissions from industrialised countries, is a body blow to the notion of climate justice, sums up Darryl D'Monte, reporting exclusively for Rediff.com from COP21.
The temptation to rehash Manmohanomics is not going to deliver the achche-din that Narendra Modi has promised, warns Sriram Balasubramanian.
It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty.
'Both reflect prejudice and short-sightedness peculiar to Mr Modi's way of thinking.'
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