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Central Vista grabbed political headlines just before the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020. It was when the BJP-led NDA govt decided to establish a new Parliament Complex in the heart of Delhi in Vijay Chowk, closer to India Gate. This was intended not only to replace the existing parliament building but also for a big complex with a lot of compartments and facilities. Now, in mid-2021, almost in the same month as the Modi Govt's second anniversary, it fell into a couple of controversies. This was amidst the fact that India is badly affected by the second wave and the govt is facing a lot of criticism calling out for the cancellation of this project. Let us examine more about this project and what it means to the govt, the politicians and the people at large.  Read Analysis of the First year of NDA 2.0.  Credits- Zee News  Features of Central Vista  Central Vista is not a mere project, it is a well-planned long-term one. It will replace the existing Parliament buildi...

For the past month, India is facing a massive healthcare crisis. Per day India reported up to 400,000 per day. Following are the main reasons for the Second Wave.  New strains of virus and mutations  Laxations after the first wave  Lifting of Lockdown restrictions  Improper vaccination strategy  Lack of preparations  Obsession of Indians with self medications Fake news Elections  Religious congregations Youthful/productive population Consequences of Second Wave  The collapse of healthcare infrastructure  Artificial shortage of healthcare equipment and tools Harder to flatten the curve  More lockdown and restrictions  Economic hardships  Read more in great detail- https://medium.com/illumination/indias-second-wave-of-covid-19-explained-42b5ed641b22?source=friends_link&sk=a92fa07fc529ed0d8cd10e718c78088c Salutation! A big salute to all the health workers, doctors, nurses, healthcare staff, scientists, govt. officers, hea...

It has been quite some time since India has seen a heated election season after 2019. Sparing Maharastra and Haryana in 2019 we have not seen anything big in 2020 except for Bihar. In 2021, we have an interesting election season where we have totally new and different contents in each contour. It has been quite some time since we have discussed national-level politics. That is why we are here to remove your confusion regarding the effect of these elections on the national picture.  Before you proceed ahead with the topic, do read our previous article for a better understanding! Lessons for Indian Politics from Bihar 2020 elections.  As you must have guessed, these five states which are in the elections right now are West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry which has a legislature. The election phases for Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry are over and as of now, we have only a few phases of the Bengal elections left. The electio...

  Greetings to all listeners and readers!! It is election season in five Indian states . Compared to ordinary Indian politics, we can understand that these are the five states which are somewhat isolated from the politics of the rest of India as well as the place where regional parties are strong.  Here we are focusing more on Kerala Politics for multiple reasons. The main reason is that I, myself is from Kerala. Also, this time we are seeing an interesting contest that is not only bipolar but also tripolar in many seats, and as usual Kerala politics is unique in multiple ways.  Don’t know much about Kerala Politics, its parties and leaders? Read it as a prerequisite to improving your understanding.  Click here About the Podcast  Known for unique ways of politics, demographics, tourism , etc. Kerala has always stood ahead of other states. We declutter one of the most cluttered and competitive elections in the history of the state.  With 14 districts an...

On February 1st 2021, the Finance Minister of India, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the financial budget for the financial year 2021-2022. It was a significant budget this time as the country is going through the biggest pandemic of the century. On 29th January, the minister had submitted the Economic Survey for the year 2020-2021.  Credits- The Indian Wire Challenges to the budget Economic revival  Increase public spending  Employment generation  Fiscal deficit (9.5%) The main takeaways from the budget A major push for digitalisation, as the FM read out the budget from a Made in India tablet. An app was also unveiled for people to know and understand the budget as well.  The speech was just over one and a half hours.  Increase in Health spending for this year at Rs 2.2 lakh Cr and Rs 35,000 Cr for Covid-19 vaccination.  Introduction of PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana for improving healthcare infrastructure.  No change in Income tax slabs th...

Ever since Narendra Modi was elected as PM in 2014, he has turned about to be the number one politician in India and the most popular as well. He is also one of the most popular leaders in the world at present and has the badge of being a populist strong man leader as per the political analysts. Under his leadership, the political party Bharatiya Janatha Party is at its peak of popularity as well as getting back to back victories with minimal effort. It may be easy for BJP to win back to back elections, but that party is never tired and keeps on learning and correcting its mistakes.  On the other hand, the opposition is at the weakest point in the last decade. The recent Mood of the Nation Poll by India Today suggests the same; Modi is leading bigger than ever. The entire opposition is in tatters, there may be hundreds of parties under that umbrella but they all are useless. They have lost their momentum. The only political parties which have some energy and enthusiasm is the Aa...