-Live Mint India should encourage private Bills and strengthen the process of legislative approval for new laws Last week, we argued for two key reforms in Parliament's procedures that would enable members of Parliament (MPs) to be more effective as elected representatives: abolish the anti-defection law and record all votes on Bills and motions. We now discuss some possible changes that can be made to strengthen the process of lawmaking by...
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The poor never had it so good -Subir Roy
-The Business Standard The dominant theme in the pre-election discourse is that misrule by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in its second term has led to sharply lower growth of gross domestic product (GDP), which Narendra Modi will reverse, the way he has made Gujarat shine. But the evidence on hand does not support this correlation between the quality of national political leadership and growth performance. If anything, there is...
More »Women: poorly represented numerical majority
-The Hindu Only seven women have made it to Parliament from the State over the past 65 years. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Kerala): In all the Elections held in Kerala, women have for outnumbered men in the State's electoral rolls, but their share in the electoral sweepstakes has been miniscule in both Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections. Only seven women have made it to Parliament from the State over the past 65 years, including Annie Mascarene,...
More »Politicians under crime record bureau lens -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha polls are not only under the watch of the Election Commission and financial agencies for corrupt practices, but also under the scanner of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). For the first time, the agency, under instructions from the home ministry, will collect data on poll-related offences such as liquor/money distribution, communal or hate speeches, false affidavits by politicians, poll violence, bogus voting and...
More »Wanted, a vote for education-Krishna Kumar
-The Hindu The fact that education matters only in the long run makes it uninteresting for political parties. But in this election, the voice of education can be heard No matter how categorically a party or candidate might comment on them, the problems of education cannot compete with those of water and electricity supply or the condition of roads. These latter problems affect the daily life of a citizen more elementally than...
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