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A success saga
19 Oct 2021 2:00 PM GMTApart from ensuring efficient operation, the sale of Air India will provide major fillip to disinvestment target and open the floodgates for further...
A menacing threat
7 Oct 2021 1:56 PM GMTAs air pollution is taking a heavy toll on people’s health, the government should formulate stringent air quality standards apart from creating public...
Far too ambitious?
20 Sep 2021 2:05 PM GMTNMP is indeed a bold reform initiative but its effectiveness will depend on how the structural impediments are removed and unemployment challenge is...
Tread with caution
29 Aug 2021 1:34 PM GMTThe stated objectives of NMEO-OP are reasonable but the additional cultivation of oil palm has to be done in a sustainable and responsible manner
Required underpinning
4 Aug 2021 1:01 PM GMTTo ensure ample employment generation and smooth economic recovery, the ailments of the MSME sector has to be addressed
'Inappropriate' measure
23 July 2021 2:52 PM GMTThe strategy of incentives and disincentives counters the population policy 2021-30, UP government should explore effective options like poverty...
Decentralised governance
9 July 2021 2:30 PM GMTDirect elections to the post of ZP chairperson and proper devolution of resources could ensure smooth delivery of public services and reduce...
Holistic gauge
27 Jun 2021 11:28 AM GMTDevelopment indicators need to be reshuffled to go beyond mere growth goals and incorporate wider parameters
Measures for revival
18 Jun 2021 3:05 PM GMTEven as the economy starts limping back to normal, increased poverty and unemployment would require effective policy intervention
Need for innovative solutions
30 May 2021 1:19 PM GMTIn the backdrop of insufficient piecemeal governance reform attempts of the past, the pandemic offers an opportune time for a more holistic framework
Expanding the base
3 May 2021 1:48 PM GMTReplication of MGNREGA’s resounding success to urban areas is an emergent need
Proven competence
4 April 2021 6:53 PM GMTSuccessful implementation of programmes like SBM and RSBY shows that civil servants have the potential to ensure good governance