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World Happiness Index: A Long Walk for India
Why do we need a Happiness Index?
The United Nations records an annual, World Happiness Report which contains articles, and rankings of national happiness based on respondent ratings of their own lives. The report incorporates…
Cleaner Ganga Remains a Distant Cry Despite the Launch of Namami Gange Project
The great river Ganga that flows through the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent is known to be the holy river of Hinduism for its pious properties of washing away one's sins. apart from its sanctimonious qualities, the river flows…
Trump’s Optical Growth Illusion
By Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
The US economy expanded by an annualized 33.1% in Q3 2020 (July- September), beating forecasts of a 31% surge. It is the biggest expansion ever. Americans may feel elated by this report. The government…
Entrepreneurial opportunities in rural Odisha
By Vivek Pattanayak*
In India, more than seventy percent people live in the rural areas. The vocation is mainly related to agriculture and its subsidiary activities. Mostly the agriculturists are small and marginal farmers and…
The idle idol makers
By Anil Dhir *
“This is the only trade I know; I have mastered it from generations. I have gone through hard times before too, but never did I dream that one day people will not be allowed to celebrate festivals. This year I am not even…
Auction Theory: Allocating scarce resources
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
Auctions are important ingredients in business activities, modern markets, and in our everyday lives as well. For the year 2020, two American economists, Paul Milgrom ( 83-year-old )and Robert Wilson( 73…
Who killed the Indian economy?
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
There has been a lot of controversy and debate surrounding Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that the economy has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is an “Act of God”, and it…
Climate change is raising cyclonic storm risks in Odisha
By Debadutta Parida*
In early May 2020, a low pressure developed in the Bay of Bengal eastwards near Sri Lanka. The formation rapidly intensified into a tropical depression within two days, and later into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic…
Resilience of Small Business
By Vivek Pattanayak*
The question is often asked which small business demonstrated resilience during pandemic. The Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector is usually referred to as small business in popular parlance in India with…
Farm Bills 2020: Exposing the farmers to the vicissitudes of the market
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*.
On September 20 this year, two of the three contentious Farm Bills were passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote amid unprecedented uproar and protests. What is undemocratic, anti-federal is that despite…
