PROGRESSIVE RATIONALIST

Due to the nationwide lock-down from March 25, all the economic activities are shut down except for the essential services. Since liquor doesn’t come under essential needs liquor shops have also been closed. Though the pandemic situation is still in persistence, the government has allowed the shops to sell liquor. From then there are so many controversies and debates happening for and against the liquor ban. And the people are also agitating against the opening of liquor shops. So, here we will discuss, whether the country really needs a liquor ban or not, along with other associated aspects. Rights come first Though opening liquor shops during this severe pandemic situation is totally irrational and highly condemnable, I differ in the idea of a complete ban on liquor.  The state cannot interfere or coerce its ideologies to the citizens.  It is the right of people to choose their food or drink . People who don’t eat beef would raise voice to ban cow slaughter and who don’t dri...

The world is juggling between economic slowdown and containing the spread of COVID-19, so as India. The previous 21 days lockdown has been extended for 18 more days with a hint of relaxation after April 20th. Does this lockdown help India in containing the virus spread but what would be the aftermath? What would be the situation of the Indian economy? I came across a couple of editorials discussing that the pandemic situation which can be used as a chance to reform the country’s economic policies. And also the authors of those editorials analysed that India would make reformative measures to the economy only when the country faces some crisis (like 1991 economic reform). So this is the time for our policymakers to reform our economic policy and ensure our country overcome the economic slowdown. Inflation and Growth The NDA government is very keen on controlling the inflation within the 4% target by 2021. But as far as the growth is concerned in a developing country  inflation contr...

The citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 that was passed by the Parliament has created so many controversies and even unrest in some parts of the country. I thought of discussing the Act. The CAA, 2019 is an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955 that regulated who can acquire Indian citizenship and on what grounds. It has been a long time after the citizenship act, 1955 was enacted and the country has gone into a lot of things since 1960 that demanded a new law to regulate citizenship. We had illegal migration due to wars, religious and linguistic persecution in our neighbour countries and even people migrated to India illegally for better living conditions. Provisions of the Act The act sought to make the illegal migrants belonging to 6 minority communities ( Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Christians and Parsis ) from 3 countries ( Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan ) those who faced religious persecution in their respective countries eligible for citizenship and made some chang...