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Sustainability key to mining policies (Part II)

S.K Shrivastava, additional secretary, ministry of mines, talks about sustainable development as a base for the new policies that are to be introduced by the ministry in near future. He was addressing the Governance Now Forum on Steel and Sustainable development, in Delhi on October 29.

Montek on climate change

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the planning commission, talks about the economics of climate change and how not doing anything about this global problem might be one of the biggest mistakes. He was speaking at a conference organised by IRADe in New Delhi in 2010.

Our governance system is fostering graft (I)

Former centrela vigilance commissioner N Vittal believes that legal protection alone is not enough to encourage whistleblowers. He was speaking at the National Conference on Public Governance, organised by AIMA.

Our governance system is fostering graft (II)

Former centrela vigilance commissioner N Vittal believes that legal protection alone is not enough to encourage whistleblowers. He was speaking at the National Conference on Public Governance, organised by AIMA.

Double-digit growth no measure of governance (Part 1)

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks on the need for good governance and sketches a roadmap for double-digit economic growth for India at the National Conference on Public Governance in New Dehli.

Double-digit growth no measure of governance (Part 2)

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks on the need for good governance and sketches a roadmap for double-digit economic growth for India at the National Conference on Public Governance in New Dehli.

Need for combining social issues with economic growth

K V Kamath, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank on the challenge of tackling social issues while maintaining economic growth. He addressed the National Conference on Public Governance on effective governance.

Tackling corruption with `6 Cs`

Kiran Bedi,  social activist and former IPS officer, offers a blueprint for tackling corruption. Bedi addressed the National Conference on Public Governance on effective governance.

Making governance system more effective - II

Prithviraj Chavan, minister of state for prime minister’s office, talks about various initiatives taken by the government to improve governance in India and what further needs to be done at this stage of development of the country. He is addressing the national conference on public governance, on the topic, "how can governance be more effective."

Making governance system more effective

Prithviraj Chavan, minister of state for prime minister’s office, talks about various initiatives taken by the government to improve governance in India and what further needs to be done at this stage of development of the country. He is addressing the national conference on public governance, on the topic, "how can governance be more effective."

Reforming the legislature and executive - III

Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi. The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

Reforming the legislature and executive - II

Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi. The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

Reforming the legislature and executive - I

Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi. The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

RTI and democracy

Wajahat Habibullah is the Chief Information Commissioner at the Central Information Commission (CIC). He has held various positions in the Indian government. He has served as the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir (1990 to 1993), Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Consumer Affairs (January 15, 2003-Sept 24, 2003) and Secretary, Ministry of Textiles (August 1-Dece

Madhav Chavan on ESW quota in private schools

In this GN Talk, Dr Madhav Chavan of Pratham talks about a provision of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act which says that private schools will have to reserve 25 percent of its seats for the children from the economically weaker section. He believes that there should be a system of integration but this provision is definitely not the solution. Is the government trying to s

Madhav Chavan on implementation of RTE

Dr. Madhav Chavan is one of the founders of Pratham, an organisation that has been working for universalisation of elementary education in India since 1994. In this GN Talk, he talks about the implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act. He says that the upper age 14, fixed under the act is not appropriate as it was meant for

Integrate private security with state

Brig. (retd.) J S Antal is the Executive Director - Corporate Affairs at Security and Intelligence Services (India) Limited. An ex-army man, Antal believes that security needs can be more effectively addressed if the state allots a greater role to the private players in the sector. He says as security needs are increasing, the state is being constrained by a lack of man-power for the same.

ICT in education

Arun C. Mehta, a professor at National Univeristy of Education Policy and Administration (NUEPA) called for the government to revaluate its strategy on ICT-enabled education at the National Conference on e-Governance in Jaipur last week. He saids that the number of schools with computers was shockingly low in the country even while there were almost no trained instructors for imparting ICT-enabled

m-gov for financial inclusion

S.R.Rao is additional secretary, e-governance with the department of information technology, government of India and is the nodal officer for e-governance implementation in the country. Rao spoke on use of mobile technology for service delivery and financial inclusion on the second day of the 13th national e-governance conference at Jaipur.   Rao mentioned that governm

e-Governance from citizen`s perspective

Prithviraj Chavan is the minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions. The department of administrative reforms, which comes under the ministry, is the nodal agency for e-governance planning.   At the 13th national conference on e-governance, Chavan said that e-governance projects needed feedback from citizens to recognize best practices an

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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