- Cover Story
- Governance
- Globe Scan
- Corruption
- State Scan
- Talk Time
- Cover Story
- Governance
- Globe Scan
- Corruption
- State Scan
- Talk Time
Month: September 2015
GovernanceJunk jargon, take action
Imust confess that this piece has been triggered by a newspaper report. Smriti Zubin Irani, our intrepid Minister for Human Resource Development, is...
GovernanceThe question of the Question Hour
THE most important postulate about parliamentary democracy is that Parliament is between the government and the people. The government is accountable to the...
GovernanceBicameral incongruities
“If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous.” – Abbé de Sièye, political philosopher...
GovernanceIndia’s civil and military Will the twain ever meet?
THE year 1965 saw a war in which many military veterans of today fought fiercely against Pakistan to save India’s honour. Fifty years...
Cover Story7TH PAY COMMISSION How full are the coffers?
BETWEEN 2003-04 and 2007-08, it was boom time for the Indian economy. Propelled by stupendous growth in manufacturing, transport, communication and construction, the...
Bric a BracPM’s missing coterie
DELHI is agog over the Prime Minister’s residence and office. The grapevine speaks of how the Prime Minister admonished the Home Minister and...
Bric a BracNo land records, but probe is on
NO one in the Haryana government knew that revenue inquiries require khasra numbers, kila numbers and names of villages along with the sizra...
Bric a BracBrahmin, thakur or kurmi?
THE Congress is desperately looking for a leader in Uttar Pradesh. What a paradox! A party which has seen the maximum number of...
Bric a BracAmar knocking SP’s door
AMAR Singh, the maverick businessman, never realised how difficult it would be to re-enter the personal fiefdom of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party....
From the EditorFrom the Editor
EVERYBODY—from multi-tasking staff (MTS) to the Cabinet Secretary—is waiting for the 7th Pay Commission report to be tabled on December 31. The 7th...
- Governance
- Governance
