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Final Report on Penal Provisions of Company Act 2013

The Committee to review the existing framework dealing with offences under the Companies Act, 2013 and related matters has submitted its...

28 Aug 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Jodhpur tops Railway Cleanliness Survey Conducted by the Quality Council of India

Jodhpur and Marwar in Rajasthan were declared the cleanest railway stations in the recently released survey conducted by the Quality Council of India...

14 Aug 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

India May Miss 100 GW Solar Power Target by 2022: Crisil Report

According to a recent report released by rating agency CRISIL, India may not reach its ambitious National Solar Mission target to add 100 gigawatts...

13 Aug 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

25 Years of Local Democracy in India

The editorial traces the historical development and present state of local democracy in India- Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and...

08 Aug 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Study on District Mineral Foundations

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released its report ‘People First: District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Status Report, 2018’ on...

01 Aug 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Benefit of Ambiguity in Tax Exemption will be in Favour of State: Supreme Court

Overruling its 21-year-old verdict, the Supreme Court held that when there is ambiguity in tax exemption notification, the benefit of such...

31 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Vengeance or Justice?

The article “Climb the escalator of reason” was published in The Hindu on 30-07-2018. Our editorial is a further extension and...

30 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Agitations for Reservations and the Way Out

Reservations in India has grappled with the question of whether “caste” or “class” should be made the basis of giving...

27 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Direct Benefit Transfer under MGNREGS

To streamline the fund flow mechanism and bring down delay in payment of wages, the Ministry of Rural Development has implemented the National...

27 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

New Rules to Allow Appeals on NRC

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that people who are not part of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will not be...

24 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Flexi Fare System Affected Occupancy

Recently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report stated that the flexi-fare system in premium trains has led to increase in...

21 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Lok Sabha Clears Detention Policy

Lok Sabha has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to abolish the ‘no detention policy’...

19 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Maximum Residue Levels - A Reason for Lower Farm Produce Exports

India’s agri trade surplus has narrowed from $ 27.72 billion to $ 13.85 billion in the last four years. Compared to 2013-14, India’s...

19 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

TRAI Says Users Own their Data, Calls for Stricter Security Rules

In its recommendations on ‘Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector’, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...

17 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Committee to Review the Offences Under the Companies Act

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a 10-member committee to review the penal provisions under the Companies Act, 2013 and examine...

16 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Rural Growth & Farm Loan Waivers

According to a recent report by Nielsen, demand growth visible in some rural pockets of India is driven by farm loan waivers and not likely due to...

16 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

RBI Advisory on Direct Benefit Transfer

Acknowledging the problems in the implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for food subsidy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised...

16 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

DNA Profiles Would Not Be Kept Permanently

The DNA profile of a person in a criminal case will remain in the DNA databank till the case is solved. It will be removed after a judicial order....

14 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Strict Clinical Trial Rules will Drive Away Drug Firms: WHO

The World Health Organisation has informed India that its work in the country would be hampered and drug companies are driven away if the government...

11 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

Is India Winning the Battle Against Extreme Poverty?

According to a research by Brookings Institution, India no longer is home to largest number of people living in extreme poverty and has been taken...

06 Jul 2018 Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies