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Cities at crossroads: Federalism for the city -Isher Judge Ahluwalia

-The Indian Express In his second term, Prime Minister Modi can ensure better urbanisation through greater devolution of power, and finances, to urban local bodies. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his second term with an even larger political mandate, it is time to reflect on what should be the priorities in fixing our cities. The scale of the challenge is massive whether we look at the availability of clean drinking...

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ADR survey shows that better employment opportunities, better health care & drinking water are the top 3 priorities among Indian voters

-Press Release by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) dated 25 March, 2019 The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) commissioned perhaps the largest ever Voter Survey in any country. The survey was conducted between October 2018 and December 2018, prior to the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019. It covered 534 Lok Sabha constituencies with 2,73,487 voters participating in this exercise spread among various demographics. The three main objectives of...

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Corruption, unemployment and inflation top concerns this election, shows survey -Hina Rohtaki

-The Indian Express The issue of corruption remained at the top, with 32.19 per cent favouring the agenda, followed by unemployment and inflation respectively. A survey by the Institute for Development and Communication found that corruption was the most talked about issue during Lok Sabha polls in 2014. ?People were asked about the issues which they think should be addressed by their elected representative. The issue of corruption remained at the top,...

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Education and Employment Drew Blanks in the Interim Budget -Kiran Bhatty

-TheWire.in The new vision wants youth to figure out education and skills on their own but still expects them to be the drivers of economic progress. Piyush Goyal, presenting the interim budget, called it a road map for peoples’ development – a fitting description for an election year budget. Accordingly, it contained the expected sops to farmers (income support), to the middle class and home owners (increase in income tax and rental...

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Setting store on warehouse receipts -Rajalakshmi Nirmal

-The Hindu Business Line If regulation turns supportive and the RBI mandates banks to lend against the electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (eNWRs), they may soon take off Two weeks ago, I was in Suryapet district of Telangana. Here’s a short story of an English-speaking farmer from there, who greeted me with “good afternoon’ as I wished “namaskaram”. Venkateshwara Rao hails from Chinna Nemila village in Maddirala tehsil. He has a five-acre land on...

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