The progressive decline of the Indian Parliament The Lok Sabha has been progressively setting aside fewer days to meet, and meeting even less on those allotted days The Lok Sabha—the running of which rests with representatives elected by the people of India—has been in a perennial state of decline. It has been progressively setting aside […]
Read MoreWhy the Ambedkar legacy really matters More important than tactically quoting him is to understand the Ambedkarite project One of the welcome features of the parliamentary debates on the Constitution last week was the centrality given to the ideas of B.R. Ambedkar. We also saw the sorry spectacle of various political parties trying hard to […]
Read MoreText of PM’s address after the Interactive Session with Assistant Secretaries (IAS, 2013 Batch) उपस्थित सभी महानुभाव और साथियों,जीवंत व्यवस्था अगर समयानुकूल परितवर्तन को स्वीकार नहीं करती है, तो उसकी जीवंतता समाप्त हो जाती है। और जो व्यवस्था में जीवंतता न हो, वो व्यवस्था अपने आप में बोझ बन जाती है। और इसलिए ये बहुत […]
Read MoreWhy competition will be good for the bureaucracy The appointment process at the higher levels should be more open Speaking in the House of Commons in 1922, British prime minister Lloyd George called the civil service in India a “steel frame”, and argued that the structure would collapse without it. A lot has changed with […]
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