Journal of Indian School of Political Economy

P. R. Panchamukhi ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, IN

Abstract

The paper contends that demands for state reorganization and creation of new states have to be viewed basically as issues arising out of regional injustice. It is argued that a full-fledged theory of regional justice is yet to emerge in the literature. Most of the initiatives for conceptualization of issues of justice including Rawl’s Theory of Justice mainly focus on ‘individual’ justice issues rather than the issues of ‘regional’ justice. Amartya Sen’s contributions on justice provide opportunities for ‘extension’ of his approaches to analysis of regional justice. After a brief examination of the concept of ‘regional justice’ and also whether the rulers of the past in India had adopted regional justice perspectives the paper focuses on the recent initiatives to tackle the problem of regional injustice in the case of Karnataka, particularly through a High Powered Committee on Redressal of Regional Imbalances under the chairmanship of Dr DM Nanjundappa. After a brief critical analysis of the report of this Committee and subsequent developments in the state the paper concludes that creation of new states may not necessarily serve as a permanent solution of the problem of regional injustice.

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P. R. Panchamukhi ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Lakamanahalli, Dharwad-580004, IN

Abstract

Sanskrit language is one of the richest languages in the world not only for the unique distinctions that it possesses (such as easy amenability to the computer language, etc.) as a language but also for the rich literature on diverse subjects and themes -secular and non secular presented in that language. From the periods of hoary antiquity to the modern period literature has been developing in that language, though at different speeds and of varying volumes at different times. In the modern period there have been contributions in Sanskrit to express ideas relating to some of the modern subjects and also those developed in other languages. The book under review is one of such important contributions attempting to present the insights about environmental issues with very useful policy inferences. Being an eminent environmental economist himself the author is a truly multi disciplinarian and also a Sanskrit scholar poet.

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