संवैधानिक प्रावधानों से पारदर्शी एवं जवाबदेह व्यवस्था सुनिश्चित हो

पारदर्शी व्यवस्था में संविधान का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है, क्योंकि यह एक मूलभूत ढांचा प्रदान करता है जो सरकार के कार्यों को परिभाषित और सीमित करता है, जिससे जवाबदेही सुनिश्चित होती है और सत्ता के...

Read more November 26, 2025 at 10:55 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs

The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives and lands, have achieved a significant victory at the Kerala high court in their battle for loan relief. A bench...

Read more November 21, 2025 at 5:44 pm Anirban Bhattacharya & Amitanshu Verma

Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

For the communities living in the shadow of a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plant in North Chennai’s Kodungaiyur, the primary question is deeply personal: “How will this affect my family’s health?” While promoted as...

Read more November 18, 2025 at 9:01 am Dr Vishvaja Sambath

The SWaCH cooperative model of Pune: The “Yes In My Back Yard” model of waste management

The Solid Waste Collection and Handling cooperative or (SWaCH) is the world’s largest waste picker-led cooperative, with over 3,900 self-employed members. It was formally instituted in 2005 in Pune, Maharashtra, as a wholly-owned workers’...

Read more November 18, 2025 at 7:57 am Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Excerpt from Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy By Louise Tillin, published in 2025 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. The struggles of workers, employers, and the state to...

Read more November 13, 2025 at 5:39 pm Louise Tillin

Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit

We are in the midst of major changing times in recent history; internationally, domestically in general and the Indian banking system in particular. First time after independence, Indian banks are being sold to foreign...

Read more November 12, 2025 at 11:21 am Sanjeev Chandorkar

जलवायु सम्मेलन को वादे से क्रियान्वयन की ओर जाना होगा

इस वर्ष 30 वां जलवायु सम्मेलन (काप- 30) 10 नवंबर से 21 नवंबर तक ब्राज़ील के बेलेम शहर में आयोजित हो रहा है। यह जलवायु परिवर्तन पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र फ्रेमवर्क कन्वेंशन पर केंद्रित है,...

Read more November 11, 2025 at 5:52 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was followed by another debt relief program in 2019 for an amount of ₹20,497 crore. In the...

Read more November 10, 2025 at 6:23 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

Merger of Banks, Appointment of MDs from Private Sector and Privatisation of Banks

The Finance Minister has again started talking about the merger of 2–3 big banks to compete in the global market, and newspapers say that the government is considering the appointment of Managing Directors in...

Read more November 10, 2025 at 11:53 am Thomas Franco

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little in the social well-being of citizens. The Smart Cities Mission, launched in June 2015 under the...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 5:22 pm Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centralising vision and control. When the Indian government announced the Smart City Mission 10 years ago, it mandated...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 5:14 pm Marie Hélène Zérah

How the ‘smart cities’ plan has used public funds to hasten the privatisation of citizens’ data

Digital infrastructure is used to collect information that is being accessed by businesses, without clear data laws and policies. The Smart Cities Mission promised to revitalise India’s cities by ushering in an era of...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 4:58 pm Khaliq Parkar

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

बिहार की राजनीति में अपराध, जाति और सत्ता का त्रिकोण लंबे समय से निर्णायक भूमिका निभाता आया है।जंगल राज’ शब्द का पहली बार प्रयोग 1997 में हुआ था, और उसका संदर्भ आज के राजनीतिक...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 4:29 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) concealed

Read more October 10, 2025 at 2:25 pm CFA

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