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Making investigative agencies accountable to a committee of the Legislature and a human rights watchdog, besides to the Executive, would offer better insulation against political interference than housing investigative agencies under a so-called autonomous body.
Mukul Asher This book is an outcome of meticulous and objective research conducted over a long period by Palak Shah. The book analyses how one of India’s top stock exchanges, NSE (National Stock Exchange), and its MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange)…
Dhiraj Nayyar If UP can now accelerate its reform process and focus on education/health, it can speed ahead of other states. One in six persons in the world is an Indian. For that reason alone, India matters and will always…
Krishna Raj Air pollution is rising due to the failure of the State and the market forces to give importance to the environment. Its genesis lies in the failure of policies and implementation of less stringent laws & regulations to…
Chintamani Mahapatra The message that India has been radiating is quite transparent. It would like to stay off Cold War politics. It would not abandon its strategic partnership with either Russia or the United States Many political leaders or top…
The recent elections to the city governments, called the urban local bodies, in a few states like Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal etc., have proven one fact hard and straight- the city governments are no more than adjuncts of the state governments.
Many critics have pointed to the failures of the modern urban planning paradigm, especially the obliteration of vitality of the neighbourhoods, demarcated and sterile functionalism and production of a public realm that is alienating from its traditional qualities addressing quality humane urban form.