Electoral Reforms In India

PM Modi recently advocated for simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. This has set off the debate over the long pending electoral reforms in the country.

NITI Aayog’s Assessment

The Aayog seeks to evolve a shared vision of national development priorities sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in the light of national objectives

Swachh Bharat Mission

The mission seeks to eliminate open defecation, eradicate manual Scavenging, modern and scientific municipal solid waste management. It also seeks to effect behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation practices, to generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage with public health.

Transition From MDG to SDG: Issues & Concern

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a proposed set of targets relating to future international development. They will replace the Millennium Development Goals, as they expire at the end of 2015.

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

In India, education is in the concurrent list, where federal states and the central government share responsibilities. Until recently, legislations in higher education prohibited profit making in the sector. Higher education was defined as a not-for-profit sector. The UGC under the Department of Higher Education in the MHRD acts as the coordinator as well as prescriber of standards for education in the country.

NAPCC: India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change

Launched in 2008, NAPCC pulled together existing national plans on water, renewable energy, energy efficiency, agriculture etc  into a set of 8 missions. Let's review the performance and recent developments in each of them. 

RBI Notifications

RBI: India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee has been much in news this year. Macroeconomic policies for growth require coordination between the finance ministry and RBI. Let's see where the synergies met and where they diverged!

NGOs vs. GoI: The Conflicts and Scrutinies

Last year, a much publicised leaked report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) warned us that several NGOs, including Greenpeace India, were having a detrimental effect on India’s economic development. What does it mean? What's the background story and milestone developments in this news segment?

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