by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Mar 2, 2023 | Agriculture
The ‘Orange Bowl’ of Manipur Ten years ago, around this time, this writer accompanied the Shaurya Chakra Awardee Col DPK Pillay, at his insistence, to the remote and beautiful district of Tamenglong of Manipur to study the potential of Citrus Reticulata Blanco...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Dec 21, 2022 | Governance
Pension or Tension? A recent government notification by the Department of Pensions and Pensioner Welfare allows employees under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to opt for benefits for self and their next of kin under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in case of disablement or...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Nov 25, 2022 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Safeguarding the Indian Borders India’s land borders with six countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan as well as the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir – pose a major security challenge to the nation. India also has the world’s longest...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Nov 1, 2022 | Agriculture
Grapes, the New Gold Nearly one century ago, an innovative farmer entrepreneur by the name of Ramrao J Gaikwad started the commercial production of grapes in the town of Ojhar in the vicinity of Nashik. The year was 1925, and there has been no looking back since then....
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Oct 16, 2022 | Business & Infrastructure
Mysore Sandal Soap : The Best in the Class Circa 1900: On account of the unique and natural forest condition prevailing in the Mysore region and adjoining areas, the princely state of Mysore was one of the largest producers of sandalwood (Santalum album) in the world....
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