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Solving the vexatious land issue-A way out
14 April 2015 10:28 PM GMTThe country is presently having a public dialogue on land. Those who appreciate the potential and relevance of the ‘Make in India’ concept are also...
Civil services need reality check!
16 Jun 2014 10:01 PM GMTOne of the first initiatives of the new prime minister was to convene a meeting of senior civil servants and interact with them. The idea was to...
Civil services need reality check!
16 Jun 2014 9:36 PM GMTOne of the first initiatives of the new prime minister was to convene a meeting of senior civil servants and interact with them. The idea was to...
Umbra, penumbra of Indian politics
13 Feb 2014 10:55 PM GMTAam Aadmi Party commenced serious work in Delhi not very long ago and reached out to individual households. This rekindled in the average voter a...
Need for effective altruism
14 Jan 2014 10:33 PM GMTDespite years of government efforts to meet the credit needs of India’s poor, meaningful assistance continues to be elusive to the most of them. Many...
Corruption and apathy
10 Dec 2013 11:11 PM GMTThe recent report of the Transparency International which is a widely used indicator of sleaze in political parties, police, justice systems and civil...
Who pulls the string?
12 Nov 2013 10:43 PM GMTMany have raised genuine apprehension over the feasibility or even desirability of a civil servant working only under written instructions of the...
Looking back at Phailin
17 Oct 2013 1:01 AM GMTEven people of the agitation-affected Andhra responded admirably to the professional advisories of the Meteorology Department relating to Phailin. In...
Rainmakers and Keepers
8 Oct 2013 7:29 PM GMTIndia has some 195 million hectares of land under cultivation of which 63 per cent are rain-fed. Around 45 percent of food-grain production is through...
Coal, victim of inertia
18 Sep 2013 5:35 PM GMTContinuing obsession with coal scam tends to promote a feeling that coal is meant only to corrupt people and has no other role in our economy. A full...
The coal imbroglio
12 Sep 2013 5:15 PM GMTCoal has occupied the centre-stage of national debates for months. There is need to look beyond the ongoing controversy and put an appropriate legal...