Core Questions; Chipping Away; Drifting Dreams
Opinion Watch
Core Questions
The Supreme Court trashed the Central government’s last-minute affidavit claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is now an oasis of peace and reaping gains of development while the geography is critical for the enemy being the next door, with The Indian Express underlining in its Editorial that the question before the Supreme Court is about constitutionality of the abrogation of Article 370.
The Noida-based daily listed the questions to be sifted by the apex court which included the role of the Governor in usurping functions of an Assembly, parliamentarians from other states changing the character of a state, and others. It argued that the outcome of the day to day hearing of the matter from August 2 will have ramifications for the country.
Under the sweeping blanket of national security, the individual rights are buried deep inside the sand, and this holds true for not holding election in Jammu and Kashmir, which is without an elected government for the past five years. Yet, Andhra Pradesh was also split with state Assembly rejecting the law passed by Parliament for bifurcation, and thus the apex court will be enlightening on some core questions.
Chipping Away
The multi-billion dollar chip investment plan of Vedanta and Foxconn has vanished after fanfare announcement ahead of Assembly election in Gujarat last year, and The Economic Times in its Editorial has said that three big ticket foreign direct investment plans for chip manufacturing still remain on paper. The daily has stated that the change in the policy by the government to enlarge the ambit of the subsidy programme made Foxconn to part ways with Vedanta.
The business daily called for robust infrastructure to gain from the worsening relations of the US with China. It stressed that the government support system announced by the US dwarfs India’s policy prescriptions to promote local chip manufacturing.
The US and Europe have taken the task of localizing chip manufacturing seriously. Germany and other countries are pandering to the chip makers. India should grow out of drum-beating culture to embrace fast-paced executions,
Drifting Dreams
The Tribune has in its Editorial dwelt on the disturbing trends in the coaching institutes of Kota, Rajasthan where one more IIT-aspirant died by suicide. The daily said two more had died by suicide in January this year, while 122 young lives have been lost since 2014 in the coaching hub.
The Chandigarh-based daily has warned parents to not push their children to chase their dreams. The daily also urged upon the stakeholders for course corrections.
Not just Kota is becoming a toxic trap for young lives, the campuses of the higher technical and professional education, as per report in Parliament, are reporting students battling extreme stress due to academic pressure and skill mismatch. Cattle class education, public and private both, is now a prisoner of coaching sharks, while the incumbent government has spent almost two terms talking merits of the National Education Policy 2020.
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