-The Hindu Business Line The Subramanian panel report on environment regulation should not be accepted in a hurry Environmental governance in India is becoming increasingly contentious. Environmental quality is declining sharply on indicators such as air, water and forest cover. At the same time, there are calls for regulatory flexibility to enable pursuit of a "development ageNDA". One of the underlying reasons for the failure of environmental regulation has been the adhocism of...
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How effective are social security and welfare in India? -Anumeha Yadav
-The Hindu India's growth story of the last two decades has had one recurring theme: that the pattern of economic growth is accentuating insecurities. Yet, there continues to be a deep divide over whether the gains from growth ought to be ploughed back to achieve social security for everyone. Social security has come to be linked to job benefits, tying it to one's status as a worker in the formal or...
More »Narendra Modi govt cracks down on NGOs, prepares hitlist -Sanjib Kr Baruah and Rajesh Ahuja
-The Hindustan Times The Centre may act against some of the 188 NGOs red-flagged by the Intelligence Bureau for alleged misuse of foreign funds, suspected extremist links and proselytization. These non-government organisations were reported by the internal spy agency and a list sent to the home ministry, documents accessed by HT have revealed. The country's top tax body the central board of direct taxes (CBDT) and enforcement directorate (ED), which tracks foreign funds...
More »Revamping Food Corp: Panel wants Food Security Act changed but will BJP bite the bullet? -Seetha
-FirstPost.com In 2001, the Hyderabad-based Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) was asked by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to study the costs of acquisition and distribution of food grains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI). After making a slew of suggestions, the report's author Gautam Pingle said the report was not making recommeNDAtions on "the more serious issue - of food grain policy" because it was beyond its scope....
More »The trouble with India’s tribals -Sudeep Chakravarti
-Livemint.com Prime Minister Modi has stressed on need to develop tribal regions, and NDA can save time in doing so by looking at some plans that already exist On 21 January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a session reviewing the welfare of India's tribal people. It was a good thing. They number nearly 105 million and are among the more disadvantaged people in the country even after decades of affirmative action. Modi...
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