•Will the revised education bill deliver? It’s definitely a step in the right direction; it must be ensured that it doesn’t remain on paper alone. Also, by implementing a direct 25 per cent quota in private schools for disadvantaged children, the government is creating an impediment for itself. Concentration of disadvantaged children will differ from region to region, as will the number of private schools. A better approach will be to vary the number according to the conditions in different parts. Regions can be classified as per availability of schools and numbers of disadvantaged children, percentages can be assigned thereafter. The task may be harder than it is now, but it will ensure better implementation of the right to education.

— Rahul Zutshi

Noida

Future perfect?

•‘G-20 hope and prayer’ by Saubhik Chakrabarti (IE, September 22) lucidly explains how international trade helps both trading countries, how economies can maintain their balances and how to rebalance the global economy. Published against the backdrop of the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, the article rightly analyses that when the United States consumes less and exports more, and China consumes more and exports less, and when the dollar is weakened and the renminbi strengthened, the global economy will be rebalanced. Among India’s top trading partners, the US is prominent and China’s top export destinations figure India. Hence, the Reserve Bank must play the right and careful role vis-a-vis the rupee’s foreign exchange rate. The focus should be on increasing trade, and thereby growth.

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