The 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes while recommending an overall increase in government health spending to prepare better for the next pandemic, but the increase is inadequate considering low...
Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most policies concerning the installation, use and maintenance of data centres ignore an important aspect: their...
The mining industry in India has constantly been in the spotlight for violations of many kinds, ranging from environmental degradation to labour violations and cases of child labour.
It is more than a year since solid waste management work was massively privatized in Chennai. In October 2020 the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) signed papers with Urbaser Sumeet, a joint venture between Spain-headquartered...
The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible alternatives that balance costs and benefits and have fewer impacts.┬а Big infrastructure projects...
The pandemic wreaked havoc on Pappu Singh and Sheela DeviтАЩs family, residents of Nagla Vidhichand village situated on the Agra-Gwalior highway in the southern part of Agra district. While none of their family members...
B. Pocker Sahib, a Muslim League member from Kerala in the Constituent Assembly, was prophetic when he outlined his concerns about the possible impact of centralisation of powers.
On August 24, Delhi University witnessed a vehement protest by the Delhi University TeachersтАЩ Association (DUTA) outside the Vice ChancellorтАЩs office. Inside, the academic council was meeting to reinstate the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP)...
In an interview of Joseph Stiglitz that appeared in Investopedia on 23 April 2020 he said тАЬCovid 19 reminds us that when we have a crisis we turn to collective action and to government.тАЭ...