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Prime minister and the expectations On Aug 15, 2014 Shree Narender Modi, prime minister of India was a different person and now exactly after one year i.e., on Aug 15, 2015 he is a different person again. This is stated by people all over the country. An article tiled "From outsider to insider" published in Times of India says that the law of diminishing marginal utility has set in. But don't think it is actually law of ascending marginal utility? People started to expect more year by year. Lets say from 2014-15, there are significant changes in the way government operates and people have begun to think, there is a swift shift in the prioritizes of the government from just fulfilling needs to development. So people began to expect more and immediate changes which are not exactly possible. I t is irony that people expect overnight change, want immediate comforts rather than aiming for development which serves greater good. Le...

Land Acquisition bill /change? The five new categories (a) such projects vital to national security or defence of India and every part thereof, including preparation for defence or defence production;  (b) rural infrastructure including electrification;  (c) affordable housing and housing for the poor people; (d) industrial corridors set up by the appropriate Government and its undertakings (in which case the land shall be acquired up to one kilometer on both sides of designated railway line or roads for such industrial corridor); and  (e) Infrastructure projects including projects under public private partnership where the ownership of land continues to vest with the Government: These are exempted from the Chapter2 and chapter3 , that means social impact assessment test is not implied for the land taken for the above purposes, no provision to safeguard food security. The other amendment with ...