Why evidence-based decision making is the need of the hour in India
Evidence-based decisions and policy are, without doubt, the need of the hour, and denying it is pushing India to its doom.
Government
Government is one of the most powerful institutions in a society. This section talks about various perspectives on government, and also its functioning across countries.
Amma Vodi: An Edu-Policy Experiment in India
The first big change was the start of the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE), shortly known as the ‘Mid-Day meal scheme’ in 1995. By 2001, with Supreme Court directing all government and government-aided primary schools to implement this, it reached every primary school in India.
Role of the State in Development
After the independence, India’s economic growth was mostly regulated by socialist-influenced initiatives, state-owned enterprises, red tape and lopsided supervision, collectively recognised as the “License Raj” that led the nation and its people disconnected from the global market.
The peculiar bipolarity in West Bengal
Politics is a perennial ever-flowing river changing its course subject to time and space, so does Bipolarity in West Bengal.
Crux of Kerala: Analysing the problems and prospects of the parties involved
The Kerala election is shaping up to be an interesting contest. This election has the potential to mark a significant realignment in the state’s political landscape.
Tripolar Geopolitics: The Middle East Conundrum
The growing closeness between Israel and the Arab world has a direct bearing on Iran’s hegemony in the Middle East.
Women On Their Own: On the Women’s Reservation Bill
The women’s movement in India is at a crossroads – the health of Indian democracy depends on its struggle for the Reservation Bill.
Farm Reform Bills 2020: A Democratic Legislation?
The idea of the bills is to liberalize farm markets hoping it will make the system more efficient and allow for better price realizations.
Crisis in Indian secularism
The present ruling dispensation needs to revive the true spirit of secularism where everyone can practice its religion without any fear, and religion should not be negatively intermingled with politics in order to promote hate politics
Feasibility of virtual education in India
Devolving the onus of education to local governing bodies would make the teaching-learning process more workable and beneficial
The Government says shh: No Question Hour!
The Question Hour is seen as a quintessential of direct democracy as this right is guaranteed in Article 75 of our Constitution.
On Defection: Why Always the Congress MLA?
The BJP’s eagerness to topple elected governments has created an alternative for the new generation defector, the Congress defector.
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