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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert

Income support schemes the Congresss Nyay for 20 per cent of the poorest households and the BJPs PM Kisan scheme for farmers with less than two hectare of land, are both progressive social protection measures.

Bitter morning-after pill for new govt post elections

Severe inequality in the allocation of public finance is a primary reason for rural impoverishment.

19 May 2019 5:41 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC undermined due to weak institutions

The EC is a child of political happenstance and jugaad, not thoughtful institutional strategy.

14 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

A strange duality casts a shadow over election

The Annual Survey of Education Report 2018 records that one-third of those schooled till Class 8 cannot even read a...

7 May 2019 1:47 AM IST

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

Pragya Thakur symbol of New (Hindu) India?

It is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and she has been pitted against Digvijay Singh, a former chief minister of the state...

24 April 2019 1:18 AM IST

The EC has also begun the process to induct new voters in the electoral list who have either turned 18 or will complete that age by January 1 next year.

Some votes are more equal than others

Governments game the system to keep potentially unfriendly voters out. Citizens in remote locations might be overlooked...

17 April 2019 1:13 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the release BJPs manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 8, 2019. (Photo; AP)

Sankalp Patra: How real are the BJP's promises?

We are far from junking top down, paternalistic, big man rule. Regional political leaders are no different in their...

10 April 2019 1:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Will India vote with its heart, or with its head?

Both schemes perpetuate the UPA's pessimistic assumption that the State's capacity cannot be revitalised for effective...

2 April 2019 12:35 AM IST

The Uninhabitable Earth: life after warming by David Wallace-Wells Penguin Random House Rs 499

Boldly questioning the climate status quo

The Arctic, Russia, the Nordic countries and Canada would be temperate, safe havens, which survivors would fight to...

31 March 2019 4:38 AM IST

The block development officer accepted that 55 voters name existed in two different lists however rejected allegation of bogus voting claiming that these people did not vote. (Representational image)

Voternama: Churn is the new 2019 mantra

Voters are moving away from the national parties to regional parties even for the Lok Sabha elections.

21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

Just like holy texts of all religions, Ramayana also gives us a message of peace and brotherhood, she said. (Representative image)

Politics of religion has no room as India rises

The five southern states are free of religious divisiveness as are West Bengal and Odisha in the east.

13 March 2019 1:38 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Walk the talk on war, but consider the costs

India barely spends 1.5 per cent of its GDP on defence two-thirds of it on military salaries and pensions and current...

7 March 2019 1:21 AM IST

Democracy in India: Is it best fit' or flawed?

This set is possibly in transition to the flawed democracy status, whilst the authoritarian set is possibly...

2 March 2019 3:27 AM IST