National and regional parties collected a total of Rs 1503.21 crore and incurred a total expenditure of Rs 494.36 crore towards the five state assembly elections held in 2017, observed the Association for Democratic Reforms in its analysis of fund
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that from country-wise data on ratio of non performing loans to total gross loans available on the International Monetary Fund database, it is observed that the ratio for India compares adversely with t
A staggering 35 percent out of all 31 chief ministers analysed from state assemblies and union territories 11 chief ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves, said Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Wa
Municipalities in India have a long way to go in gaining access to buoyant revenue sources from states, utilising such revenue sources optimally through effective assessments, billings and collections, discovering and implementing cost recovery me
India has made it clear that it would not put the Maldivian crisis under the carpet. This was apparent when New Delhi turned down Male’s request to allow president Abdulla Yameen’s special envoy and foreign minister Mohamed Asim to v
There is a minor shortfall in central government’s revenue following the implementation of GST, finance minister Arun Jaitley informed parliament. He said that at the aggregate level, the states are getting their
The ideas of ‘good governance’ and ‘budget transparency’ are intricately related where one practice often influences the other. Over the past few years, the importance of transparency in governance has been amply stressed u
The Indian Railways has decided to take disciplinary action against its 13,000 employees who are on unauthorised leaves since long. This is perhaps for the first ever time that the railways has admitted that it is having a huge number of absentee
The National Health Mission, which is aimed at achieving universal access to health care by strengthening health systems, institutions and capabilities, needs to be significantly improved to become more effective. The allocations fo
There seems to be no end in sight for manual scavenging which still persists in some parts of the country. In FY 2018-19, the union government allocated Rs 20 crore to Self- Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers
Mozilla executive chairwoman Mitchell Baker has appealed to justice Srikrishna headed committee on data protection for "strong recommendations and overall framework". Last year, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MEI
In a first, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the defence ministry on human rights violation of soldiers by stone pelters in Kashmir. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizanc
The interlinking of river (ILR) programme has been taken up on high priority, union minister Nitin Gadkari informed parliament. The minister said that the National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then ministry of irrigation in Au
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, an ambitious programme aimed at the universalisation of elementary education in India, has not been fully effective. Launched in 2001, it aims to provide universal education to children between the ages of 6 t
Mumbai will continue to be covered under smog till Friday, according to SAFAR (System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research). Bandra recorded the worst Particulate Matter (PM)10 at 405 at 10:30 am, which is ‘severe&r
The government maintains that there has been no breach of Aadhaar data. “As on date, no incident of data breach has been reported from Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDA
The government on Wednesday described as unrealistic the demand that it disclose the details and value of the contract for the Rafale aircraft contracted in 2016 and stressed that it was strictly in accordance with the defence procurement procedur
When it comes to nonviolence, Gene Sharp’s influence is arguably next only to Gandhi’s. Sharp, a political scientist who continued his studies on peace and power from the Albert Eins
While the BJP and the Congress are yet to send their audit reports to the Election Commission of India, Mayawati`s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has emerged out having highest income of Rs 173.58 core during 2016-17. Surprisingly, the party could spen
India is closely monitoring the situation in Maldives which has been plunged into turmoil since February 1. So, what happened? President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency in Maldives, a
