Two weeks after bankers meet and few days after encouraging IIP (index of industrial production) at 3.8% in November, the Reserve Bank of India suprised many on Thursday by making an unscheduled announcement on cut in repo rate by 25 basis point.
In the 10th year of the implementation of the RTI law, the experience has been mixed but tilting more towards positive effects. Even though there are many problems that plague the implementation process, for me the single biggest achievement of th
Even as the Right to Education Act is close to completing five years, the quality of learning has declined and remains neglected in rural India, says a report by Pratham, a non-profit organisation.
The term sustainable growth is an oxymoron. The connotations of growth are essentially and characteristically in contradiction with those of sustainability. Historically, all economic growth has come at the cost of environmental as
After the clean Ganga programme announced by prime minister Narendra Modi, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday took a small step and decided to set up a committee to plan on cleaning up River Yamuna. In the meantime, it has ordered the administ
Private Banks have lagged far behind the public sector banks (PSBs) in ensuring financial inclusion under pradhan mantri jan dhan yojna (PMJDY). Out of total 11,07,61,963 accounts opened under PMJDY till January 10, private banks contribution is l
The day election commission announced Delhi polls schedule, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor, Arvind Kejriwal shot an open letter to the youth on his Facebook page and also on a popular news website
Urbanisation of India is unstoppable but how it should be guided in a planned manner is a challenge. India has ignored urban governance and there is hardly any accountability. Urban mobility, water supply, power shortage, solid waste management, s
The RTI Assessment and Accountability Group (RaaG) report is very significant. It is another example of how much interest ordinary people and citizens group have in the health and effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Ac
Dressed in school uniforms and carrying books and pens in their bags, school mates of 134 children, who were massacred on December 16 in Peshawar, returned to their school to resume their studies. With this these tiny but bold individuals ch
Is it Vibrant Gujarat or Vibrant India? A newcomer to the seventh edition of the state’s biennial investment summit might have wondered that. Because prime minister Narendra Modi with his larger-than-life persona was playing the host –
"We are planning to take a quantum leap,” prime minister Narendra Modi told the world on Sunday and very few can afford the luxury of doubt given the pace with which the government is moving. The Vibrant Gujarat glo
Delhi winter can be harsh, really harsh. All the more for a pavement dweller living on alms. The smile on the wrinkled face of Sumitra Devi, 70, will, however, never tell you the story behind her daily struggle. She lives under the sky outside the
A few days before an American-turned-Yemeni preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed in a hellfire missile attack by US drones in Yemen on September 30, 2011, Indian intelligence agencies got a curious tip-off from their American counterparts. There
Governance is a complex tool to achieve political objectives. This reductionist definition may not fit into the academic description of governance. Yet it is quite apt in the Indian context. Unlike politics which requires a sustained dialogue betw
Is the central vigilance commission (CVC) and the health ministry trying to save Vineet Chaudhary, a former deputy director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) against whom several charges of corruption are pending?
Infosys back in action, read a tweet on Friday, and it indeed was back with a bang. The tech major reported net profit of Rs 3,250 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014, up 4.9% from Rs 3,096 crore in the quarter ended September 30,
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa to India. Here is a brief outline of his first few days after the return. January 9: The Gandhi family arrives at the Apollo Bund
The Delhi police on January 1 filed an FIR in the case of Sundanda Pushkar’s death in mysterious circumstances a year ago, the obvious question is what prompted police to wake up? The answer is in the second report submitted by the m
Invoking Digital India, promoted by prime minister Narendra Modi, the telecom operators have asked the government to review the review the base price (Rs 3,980 crore) for popular and efficient 900 MHz airwaves for the February auction.
