Dr Sanjeev Tak, the chief medical and health officer (CMHO) of Sirohi, is a bit busy these days, holding interactions with panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), whose involvement in the implementation of health schemes, he says, is as important as t
Santiago Levy and Jose Gomez de Leon are unfamiliar names in India. But as the country moves towards implementing direct cash transfer (DCT) beginning next year, a look at the work of these Mexican sociologists, architects of the cash transfer pro
SC raps Sahara Group for not complying with its order for refunding Rs 27,000 crore to its investors. Your intention is very shaky. Every step taken by you is shaky: SC to Sahara. You are justifying your conduct which is unjustifia
The Supreme Court’s deep dive into the data base of illegally occupied government bungalows in Delhi has left some senior babus, and even journalists, splashing around in water. Now running around property brokers, these defia
Close on the heels of BJP leader Sushma Swaraj describing Narendra Modi "fit" for the Prime Minister`s post, the Gujarat Chief Minister came in for praise from L K Advani who said he is a "role model" of development and asked o
In a state used to gambling daily on the number of squares on the coat of R K Laxman’s Common Man, it is hardly surprising to find many wagering on the outcome of the December elections. It is even less surprising that the gambling dens had
Narayan Singh, a shepherd from Jawaja in Rajasthan, had come to the ‘jan sansad’, or people’s assembly, craving to learn more about laws that governed his life. By November 30, when the five-day event wound up at Jantar Mantar, h
Here is a classic case of policy paralysis. Since 2010, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) is desperately waiting for 2,199 mobile towers to be set up in Maoist-hit areas spread over 9 states. But the telecom ministry that has been tasked
With 68 percent companies affected by fraud this year followed by China and Indonesia at 65 percent each, India’s vulnerability to fraud risks remains significantly above the global average of 61percent, says the ‘Global Fraud Report&r
Is India rapidly losing out to other emerging economies as a preferred destination for investments, primarily due to the increasing concern over lack of a comprehensive anti-corruption regime and increasing inconsistencies in the country’s t
It took me a whole month to access a primary school headmaster. When I was in school, I remember how the teachers ranted about the never-ending holidays hampering the progress of syllabus. Back then, I could not appreciate their predicament and sc
If Sanjiv Bhatt has till date been famous for taking on the might of Narendra Modi on his alleged complicity in the 2002 Godhra riots, the suspended IPS officer might have taken the first step in shredding his own fame. By letting his wife
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has criticised the Army for letting a private builder take over its land at a prime location in Mumbai by giving it a “no objection certificate" and compromising the defence security.
“The press has to be accountable to the public in whose interests it claims to be acting and must show respect for the rights of others… The answer to the question who guards the guardians, should not be ‘no-one’.”
It may have just about 200 people or thereabouts, but the five-day Jan Sansad, or the people’s assembly, at Jantar Mantar is generating enough heat in the form of issues raised and threadbare discussion on them to fire up imagination of thos
It is a warm pre-winter afternoon when I revisit the Singh brothers of Gohaldihi village. The brothers, Sapan and Indrajit, work as labourers to make ends meet, and also take care of their handicapped sister. On my last visit, Sapan had t
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to explain the circumstances under which its police arrested two girls from Palghar in Thane district for posting comments on Facebook on the November 18 shutdown for Bal Thackeray`s
I went to school back in the eighties and early nineties, when examinations and report cards were a reality of life (and a grim one, for most of us), unlike children blessed by Kapil Sibal and his policy of no exams-only grades. And one of the spe
Estranged Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yeddyurappa, who is set to resign from primary membership of the party, on Friday became emotional as he recalled his long association with the party even as he trained his guns at BJP leaders for hatching a &
