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GovernanceSwarm of the RED LOCUSTS
INTERNALsecurity is an important dimension of national security, the maintenance of which is a fundamental duty of any government. A government’s claim to...
GovernanceFat cats on stock exchanges
As the Indian economy tries to come out of the shadow of the economic downturn, the top honchos of India’s stock exchanges are...
GovernanceMany a slip…
About a year ago, when the cry of “Hisab do, jawab do (Be accountable, answer the people)” rose in Uttar Pradesh, it became clear...
GovernanceBring an end to teaching shops
Last year, as a non-technical member of a corporate campus selection panel, I asked a third-year graduate engineering student the difference between the...
GovernanceStorming the Bureaucratic BASTILLE
These headlines in UP newspapers show that the power of governance has at last reached the doorstep of the common man, never mind...
GovernanceGross inequality of income earners
The standard deduction provision should be applicable to salaried individuals who indirectly incur expenditure for earning income Income tax can be a very...
GovernanceUrban cowboy or arm of the law?
The occurrence, and routine acceptability, of encounter killings stem from both politicization and a colonial legacy An Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate has held that...
GovernanceNetting the big fish isn’t easy
The Lokpal Bill’s repeated failure to become law is one of many instances of the clout of corrupt public servants In recent weeks,...
GovernanceWho’s the biggest Trojan?
Flawed EVMs or money power, the Election Commission is simply shutting its eyes to solutions Weeks before the election to the 15th Lok...
GovernanceWhat’s wrong with NREGA?
The thing to do is to pay people fully and involve them in creating something permanent for themselves It was late 1972. Maharashtra...
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