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Governance

Poisoned Morsels

INDIA’S consumer-driven economy has unleashed a large number of brands. They meet top-quality standards and requirements that are laid out by the Indian...

Securities-and-Exchange-Board-of-India-(SEBI)
Governance

One step forward, two steps backwards

A few weeks ago, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a circular in which it mentioned that, over a period...

Dr-RA-Mashelkar
Governance

An ASSURED way to enrich lives

KOCHERIL Raman Narayanan was the 10th President of India, and one of our most accomplished civil servants, distinguished diplomats and stellar academicians. I...

Board-of-Governors-IATA
Governance

Flying at Cruising Altitude

THE positive impact of globalisation is undeniable. Since 1990, 1.1 billion people have been lifted from poverty. The world is growing richer and...

The-Maratha-Paradox
State Scan

The Maratha Paradox

THE senior bureaucracy in Maharashtra is up in arms after Additional Chief Secretary (ACS Finance) D K Jain (1983 batch) was appointed as...

Rise-and-take-the-bull
Governance

Rise and take the bull by its horns

CIVIL Services in India have commanded an elite status ever since the first Indian, Satyendranath Tagore, was selected as an Indian Civil Services...

EVMs
Governance

Replace paperless EVMs with VVPAT EVMs

To Mr OP. Rawat, Chief Election Commissioner, Mr Sunil Arora, Election Commissioner Mr Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan,...

Keeping-the-target
Governance

Keeping the target in sight

THE United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to end poverty, protect the planet and to ensure that all people...

CBDT’s circulars
Governance

Disquieting Governance

I have been contemplating a short article on the disquieting nature of governance for some time. This desire got hastened after media reports...

OIL-ICON
Governance

The fuel dilemma

IN December 2016, India’s apex environmental body Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) released a 14-page study about the ill-effects of Furnace Oil (FO...