Governance

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Governance

Oil & Gas: Why settle for ‘Sell in India’, when you can ‘Make in India!’

For every barrel of oil produced in India, the government earns more than 50 per cent of revenue through royalty, cess, profit petroleum;...

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Governance

Massive Army, Miniscule Spending

Increasing the Expenditure on Defence Services The Committee notes that India with its strategic location, with a coastline of about 7,500 km and...

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Governance

ROYALTY ‘Rules’

INDIA has been a victim of economic exploitation for centuries before we attained independence in 1947. This drain of wealth was so exploitative...

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Governance

Short sighted smugness

THE letter from a retiring Chief of Army Staff to the Prime Minister that made headlines in March 2012 calling attention of the...

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Governance

UN-MADE IN INDIA

THE Estimates Committee under Murli Manohar Joshi recently presented the 29th Report on “Defence Forces Preparedness: Production and Procurement” to the 16th Lok...

Governance

An army of scare crows

THE Estimates Committee report of the Indian Parliament on India’s operational preparedness has highlighted with predictable regularity the inadequacies in defence allocation, especially...

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Governance

Railways – Sarkar or Vyapar ?

WORKING in the Modi government is definitely a different experience. There are no undue pressures or threats, no expectations of anything other than...

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Governance

AFSPA – A law that needs to go

While exercising draconian powers there is bound to be misuse. In a July 2016 verdict, the Supreme Court ripped open the cloak of...

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Governance

A case of an FIR and an award

IT is ironical that on the eve of the 72nd Indian Independence Day, the Supreme Court of India should be witness to hearing...

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Governance

Development Agenda for New India 2022

THE NITI Aayog was expected to introduce the draft development agenda for New India 2022 at the June 17 meeting of its Governing...