Governance

Governance

Resurgence of civil services?

GOVERNANCE is the main mantra of any government. As bureaucracy is the main agency of the government, it won’t be wrong to say...

Governance

The turmoil in technical education

RECENTLY, the HRD ministry put up in the public domain a hugely significant report that bids fair to rewrite the educational status of...

Governance

Is India a ‘kleptarchy’?

WAY back in February 2002, I wrote an article in The Hindu titled “Is India drifting to ‘kleptocracy’?” It was in the context...

Governance

Ghost of Emergency

ON the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP margdarshak LK Advani dropped a bombshell. In his no-holds barred interaction with...

Governance

Modi’s Gambit

TALKING about corruption is a favourite Indian pastime. It is a topic that never seems to turn stale, or tire or bore anyone....

Governance

Modi’s endgame

One word is often enough to sum up the entire life and career of a man, whatever his sphere of activity. Just one...

Governance

The Modi milestone

THE BJP-led NDA Government’s completion of its first milestone has been termed ‘Modiversary’ by a leading national daily! Not without reason, perhaps. Maybe...

Governance

Money has no colour

In para 102 of the Budget Speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new comprehensive law on black money to specifically deal with...

Governance

Pension jolt

After being dubbed anti-farmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faces the prospect of being branded anti-labour as serious discontent is brewing in central...

Governance

A systemic rot

KARNATAKA’S crusader-IAS officer DK Ravi’s murder or ‘coerced’ suicide—yet to be established through independent investigation—has thrown the system into a tailspin and has...