Things to Ponder
The national budget gets a lot of coverage and analysis. While the state budgets hardly get covered or analyzed. Even though 60% of government spending happens through our states. This fraction is even higher for higher income states. Karnataka’s (state) GDP is $340 billion. What steps should it take to become a $1 trillion economy? How much does the state spend on Bangalore v/s how much does it get from Bangalore? Obviously this wouldn’t be of interest for national media, but surely it should be for state media? I am curious whether this problem of coverage is limited to the English media alone? Or is it a problem with the regional language media too? ~~ It’s a common complaint about how little parliament meets – we’re not talking of individual MP’s attendance, this is about how many days parliament is convened. In case you wondered, it’s 60 days per year. And so much of that gets washed away in shouting each other down, or boycotting sessions. But ...