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
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 –
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
If the stock market is the ultimate symbol of capitalism, it is an irony that the shares of public sector enterprises (PSEs) contribute to about one-fifth of the total market capitalisation. That is what they call state capitalism.
On January 17, Sunanda Pushkar, wife of the union minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a hotel suite in Delhi. Autopsy findings indicated an overdose of a schedule H drug, Alprax; it is said that an overdose of Alprax may have resulted in a
One can be only as independent and objective as one wants to be. This is also true of the various regulatory authorities: their independence depends on the people running the affairs. The idea to establish these regulatory bodies was to d
Jantar Mantar, the national capital’s protest pulpit, is not unfamiliar to candle-light marches. Banners and posters there are as ordinary and everyday an affair as the greens of the lawns of the 18th century architectural wonder and the gre
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 mini
It happened in April 2006 – not too far in the past. The issue at stake was whether to allow further construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada. The central government had appointed a committee, headed by then water resources mini
