Interview
Face to face with individuals who matter
In conversation with Dr Rajendra Kumar, joint secretary (e-governance), department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) on milestones covered by NeGP in its seventh year and the challenges ahead...more
Governance Now in conversation with Subhash Bhatnagar, e-governance expert...more
Nitish Sengupta, a renowned economist and a career bureaucrat, is at present chairperson of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterpr...more
At 40, Arun Kumar Kori wears more than one hat. She is the only woman, and a dalit to boot, in the Akhilesh Yadav cabinet in Uttar Pradesh and ru...more
Today judiciary anyway is taking the lead role, what is wrong if it does that officially, asks TN Mishra, the CBI chief in 1998-99...more
"The two most important steps that we can take are: firstly, the financial institutions must know the natural persons who own accounts in the banks. Secondly, what will help in cleaning illicit finance is to tackle the trade 'mispricing' aspect to file the result on the country-by-country basis."...more
In conversation: Aniruddha Bahal of Cobrapost on black money menace that hit the public sector banks this time...more
“When it comes to India, my sense is that much of shale reserves are relatively unexplored. That means on a practical level in years and decades to come, there is a good reason to explore.”...more
“Banks can finance economic activity provided it exists there. Banks cannot create that economic activity. Without economic activity, even if the government transfers cash directly into their accounts, they will withdraw the money immediately. There will be no remittances. Without remittances banks will not be able to open up other credit products such as insurance. Who will take the insurance? Who will pay the premium? For credit growth to happen the rural poor need to be employed. Of course, one thing is there, the platform has been set, even if there is activity in some accounts that will start off a trend and it will be good for the country.”...more
Dhir Jhingran, the former national coordinator of the RTE division of NCPCR, in a conversation with Governance Now...more
Eminent social commentator Ashis Nandy on a society in a flux, the gangrape and its aftermath...more