Tracking Civil Services And Governance Since 2007

Governance

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First, right to childhood

The Central and state governments, and the people as a whole have to be involved in making the RTE Act work High expectations...

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Midnight stroke of June ’75

The Emergency’s most fearsome legacy is that no lessons have been learnt At the stroke of the midnight hour of August 14-15, 1947,...

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RAPIDLY SPREADING ROT

INTERNECINE conflict, turf battles, naked influence peddling by lobbyists and lawyers, overlapping jurisdictions, lack of clarity on structure and mission, and inter-ministerial warfare...

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An adhocracy in the making

As part of fast-tracking administrative reforms, the Government of India is evolving a “Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System” (PMES). This task has been...

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GIVING BACK TO THE PEOPLE

Public sector companies are distinguished from their private corporate sector counterparts by their pursuit of social goal. The private sector is solely guided...

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What a farce, my countrymen!

Intro Amidst much fanfare the Centre and State government held the two-day 14th National Conference on e-Governance at Aurangabad from February 10. Behind...

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Inquiry or Inquisition?

The disciplinary rules for government servants are so convoluted that it is impossible to either exonerate the blameless or punish the guilty The...

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The see-sawing scales of justice

There is a singular lack of punishment to be noted in recent cases of corruption involving people in government The blindfolded “Lady of...

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The growth of graft

Liberalization has provided the dishonest fresh avenues to stash their cash Bhola is a physically challenged youth who rears goats for a living....

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Whose witness, anyway?

The Indian judicial environment is loaded against those who depose in court against criminals On May 5, 2007, a mob of supporters of...