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.
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.
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.
Politics is a perennial ever-flowing river changing its course subject to time and space, so does Bipolarity in West Bengal.
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.
The growing closeness between Israel and the Arab world has a direct bearing on Iran’s hegemony in the Middle East.
The women’s movement in India is at a crossroads – the health of Indian democracy depends on its struggle for the Reservation Bill.
The idea of the bills is to liberalize farm markets hoping it will make the system more efficient and allow for better price realizations.
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
Devolving the onus of education to local governing bodies would make the teaching-learning process more workable and beneficial
The Question Hour is seen as a quintessential of direct democracy as this right is guaranteed in Article 75 of our Constitution.
The BJP’s eagerness to topple elected governments has created an alternative for the new generation defector, the Congress defector.
Of late, the middle class has increasingly sought to influence national agenda and policies through new forms of citizens’ activism.
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