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Saranda Action Plan is a step in the right direction to bring development to Maoist- affected areas “Saranda, at the juncture of Odisha and...
Hindutva harms both India and Hinduism by conflating them in a semantic ego-trip K S Sudarshan, the former chief of the Hindu nationalist organisation —Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh— believes that all Indians are Hindus. Mohan Bhagwat, the...
The middle class is incapable of bringing change in a praetorian state like Pakistan Change seems to be the new anthem exciting the people of Pakistan. Crushed or pulled apart by two opposing influences, people want change. On the one hand,...
Parliamentary panels must look at investigative, legislative and oversight issues of statutory agencies King Trishanku of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty was a fascinating personality. An ancestor of King Ram, King Trishanku had a reputation of...
IN PARLIAMENT An Act to ensure food security was promised in the Congress Manifesto for the 2009 General Elections, and reiterated in the President’s Address to Parliament in 2009, 2010 and 2011. These promised that 25kg of rice or wheat at...
Nuclear weapons in India’s strategic culture Despite living next to each other for most of history, despite having fundamentally different ways of looking at international relations, the number of cases of direct military conflict between...
Saranda Action Plan is a step in the right direction to bring development to Maoist- affected areas “Saranda, at the juncture of Odisha and...
The recent anti-corruption campaigns may not increase probity in public life but they have certainly sparked a debate about the Indian Constitution....
Hindutva harms both India and Hinduism by conflating them in a semantic ego-trip K S Sudarshan, the former chief of the Hindu nationalist organisation —Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh— believes that all Indians are Hindus. Mohan Bhagwat, the current chief, said that if one is not a Hindu, one cannot be an Indian because “for us the [...]
Saranda Action Plan is a step in the right direction to bring development to Maoist- affected areas “Saranda, at the juncture of Odisha and Jharkhand, is a region forgotten by the Government. The natives have been left alone to eke out their livelihoods. Most of Saranda still lives essentially a pre-modern existence.” These are words [...]
The middle class is incapable of bringing change in a praetorian state like Pakistan Change seems to be the new anthem exciting the people of Pakistan. Crushed or pulled apart by two opposing influences, people want change. On the one hand, there is the humiliation of being endlessly poor and powerless, suffering from a moth-eaten [...]
Parliamentary panels must look at investigative, legislative and oversight issues of statutory agencies King Trishanku of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty was a fascinating personality. An ancestor of King Ram, King Trishanku had a reputation of being a fair and just monarch. Like all good monarchs of that time, a time before sin became entrenched in [...]
How dependable and accurate is the UID authentication scheme? Biometric identification has become a core part of national security in many nations around the world,and is expected to be the standard for the foreseeable future. The trust placed by governments in biometric schemes stems from the notion that every human being has unique physical characteristics, [...]
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The scheme design should have inbuilt incentive structures to deter leakages and deliver food to the intended beneficiaries.
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