Government of India’s flagship programme for universalisation of education has constantly been in news in Jammu and Kashmir for quite some time. The Sarv Shikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) had been launched with much fanfare with an objective to benefit
The only entrance to Jia Sarai – a tiny suburban sprawl in south Delhi, surrounded by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus from three sides – is littered with posters. Posters of all sizes scream from the walls names of coac
The AAP government in Delhi refuses to ban khap panchayats. It condones search and assault of African women in Khirki extension in south Delhi. The chief minister and his cabinet colleagues even sit on a dharna demanding suspension of police offic
India might be the most sought after destination for IT and software services, but when it comes to cyber security or its professionals, it finds itself seriously short-changed. The new cyber security policy 2013, under discussion since 2011, mand
With general elections merely weeks away, the UPA government has revised the cap on cooking gas cylinders to 12 and put on hold the direct benefit transfer (to bank account of beneficiaries) for LPG cylinders, fearing a backlash from a section of
Every time some calls me or meets me and says they need to tell me something and they are percolating with excitement, I want to go into my little room, shut the door and hide because I know they are going to tell me what I don’t want to hea
The department of electronics and IT (DeitY) designed a model request for proposal (RFP) document in 2010 to serve as a guiding light for all departments in their tendering process. However, it has been three years and counting and major governmen
Already reeling under the extreme depreciation of rupee vis-à-vis dollar and slower GDP growth, the IT industry is facing another set of challenge: unfavourable payment terms and lower margins in e-governance projects, resulting in serious
Despite the flak he has copped of late, especially following this week’s interview on Times Now, Rahul Gandhi seems set to follow his youth-first mantra in the general elections. The Congress vice-president’s repeated emphasis
Over a lakh people had gathered at the Ramlila ground on December 28 last year to witness Arvind Kejriwal take oath as the chief minister of Delhi. The new government raised hopes among people by promising a change in the system. A month later, th
Addressing a two day conference on environment and safety – prevention & management of chemical accidents” in collaboration with ministry of environment & forests in Delhi on Wednesday, Choubey said in the present era of rapid
Asha Mirje, one can be reasonably certain, is not too keen on going out at 11 pm for a movie, with or without a friend, which is fine. Asha Mirje, one can also be certain, is not a misogynist, which does not add much to her CV but is okay –
The 27 January interview of Rahul Gandhi with Times Now’s Arnab Goswami has been dubbed a disappointment. Keeping the fact that it was pitched as a NaMo-Raga face-off, no one really got any masala. Nothing that Gandhi said incited p
Dear Rahul, I saw your interview last night, as I am sure the whole nation, or, may be, the 10 or so percent of it that understands English did. Not that I understand English much – I mean I still go around confusing bet
If the general elections are here, can opinion polls and surveys be far behind? As winter threatens to pull back record early this season, it is spring time for poll-related polls and surveys. And as the election weather gathers heat, getting a fa
A small team from the Harvard University is helping the ministry of rural development and panchayati raj to analyze the terabytes of data related to Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee Act (MNREGA) and create dashboard which would p
Going against widespread expectations yet again, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 8 percent as part of his monetary policy announcement on Tuesday, in light of the inflationary pressures
Anarchy is order, whereas government is civil war. Such a differentiation between anarchy and government, as illustrated in the Anarchist Manifesto in 1850, appears more real than an academic formulation in today’s India. With Delhi chief mi
The masala Twitter war between Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor and the Pakistani journalist she accused of having an affair with her husband erupted around the same time French president Francois Hollande’s affair with actress Julie Gayet was reveal
The rapid transformation from traditional homes to swanky apartments, from joint to nuclear families, and from large open public spaces to hot-selling plots in Indian cities are all considered signs of development. In effect, though, they have lef
