CBSE fiasco

Apropos of ‘Govt transfers CBSE Chairperson & Secretary, institutes inquiry (June 3)’, at last, the government effected transfers of the Chairman and the Board Secretary of CBSE. The One-Member Committee must analyse the causes and the basis of awarding of contract for development of a Solution on Onscreen Monitoring System (OSM) to a vendor with na dodgy track record. Besides, the findings of the ethical hacker who had highlighted several lacunae existing in the OSM application need to be taken seriously for fixing the loopholes.

RV Baskaran

Pune

Pithy Pocket

This refers to the cartoon ‘Pocket’ (June 3). The theme accurately predicted the impact of the long-term volatility of crude prices inflicted due to the underlying uncertainty over conclusion of the war in the near future, with both fighting parties rigid and adamant with their endless demands and fear of losing sovereignty and domination over each other.

Sitaram Popuri

Bengaluru

Biodegradable packaging

Apropos ‘Mother Dairy rolls-out eco-friendly milk pouch’ (June 3). This is a great initiative to be cherished by the consumer sector in general and must be emulated by food processing industries on a pan-India basis.

Additionally, the bio-degradable packaging material must be introduced to suit each sector to mitigate waste generation. The E-Com and Q-Com sector must adopt these packaging materials as it is one of the major generators of packaging waste, most of which is non-bio-degradable. Institutes like IISc and CFTRI must further develop these products and encourage MSMEs to produce sector specific bio-digestive packaging material which offers several advantages including employment generation and environmental conservation.

Rajiv Magal

Halekere Village (Karnataka)

Published on June 3, 2026