Governance

Governance

MPs maange more!

STUNG by public criticism over MPs determining their own pay packets, the government is evidently setting up an independent Emoluments Commission. The All...

Governance

Smart cities: just real estate

IN 2005, responding to India’s urban challenges, the Government of India (GoI) established the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Reams can...

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Skilling India : Old wine in new bottle

THE intention and attention to skilling India is welcome. However, the ‘Skill India’ initiative that Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out on July...

Governance

India’s ‘Development’ Model Driving on the wrong side?

FOLLOWING the global recession, the Indian economy is possibly heading towards a tail-spin. Responding to this crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited top...

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Imperatives for growth

GROWTH is indeed a major outcome of the planning process. We have to plan for a growth of 8 per cent to 9...

Governance

Take off time for Lohani

THE 1980-batch IRSME officer, Ashwani Lohani, has been appointed new Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Air India Limited (AIR). He is known for his outstanding...

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Junk 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...

Governance

The 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...

Governance

Bicameral incongruities

“If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous.” – Abbé de Sièye, political philosopher...

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India’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...