Category Governance and Law

India 2047: A Blueprint for Prosperity, Equality, and Innovation Empowering the Bold New Citizens of Viksit Bharat

By 2047, citizens of a prosperous India would be creative, collaborative, and liberated, embracing a modernity shaped by historical and cultural richness. What is living in the tradition would be celebrated and carried forward, what is rotten would be discarded

Thou shalt develop and grow rich, at least by the centenary of Independence. If this commandment were somehow heeded, and India were to become a high-income country, at least, by 2047, what would be the nature of a citizen of that future, prosperous India?

By the World Bank’s definition, a high-income country is defined by achieving a gross national income per capita of $13,846 or more. The trouble with average incomes is that a high level does not guarantee a comfortable standard of living for the majority: if you have highly unequal distribution of income, a super-rich minority could coexist, albeit in heavily guarded, gated communities, with a disgruntled mass of unemployed and underemployed people, with a per capita income that flatters to deceive. Think Apartheid South Africa.

Soaring Heights: The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill, 2024 – Catalyzing India’s Aviation Revolution

The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill 2024 seeks to remove the outdated laws of the aircraft bill 1934 which has also been amended 21 times at a time when India is one of the fastest growing civil aviation among its global partners and also in accordance to its 2047 vision- VIKSIT BHARAT. The Lok Sabha on Friday i.e.  9th august 2024 passed this bill to replace the 90-year-old bill and to improve the ease of doing business.

Need to Protect the Constitution, Not Commemorate Its Demise

Given the reality of an ongoing guerrilla war on democracy and the Constitution, it is ridiculous to nominate one particular date as Constitution Murder Day

Samvidhan Hatya Divas (Day of the murder of the Constitution)!

The government has notified yet another commemorative day for the nation. Most sections of the political class see voters as dumb tools of five-yearly legitimation of their power, and passive prey available for predation the rest of the time.

International Day of Parliamentarism 30 June, 2024

Every year on June 30, Our world celebrates the International Day of Parliamentarism, also known as World Parliament Day. On this day in 1889, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was established by a small group of parliamentarians who believed that parliamentary dialogue and diplomacy are essential to settling differences rather than going on to war, 135 years later, nearly every country in the world has some form of parliament,  accounting to a total of 190 today.

Modi Skips SCO, But India Remains Committed to the Forum

The deep-seated contradictions among member states on regional security and terrorism, combined with growing Chinese influence, have compelled New Delhi to perform a strategic balancing act.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not attend the 24th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, last week. Instead, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar headed the Indian delegation and read the PM’s remarks at the Astana summit.

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