Rebooting the system for a skills upgrade
Context: There needs to be a road map to rescue private Industrial Training Institutes from their weak state. Explaining the scale-up: The ITIs were initiated in the 1950s. In a…
The problem at the WTO
Context: The time has come for the developing world to have a greater say. An International Trade Organisation (ITO) was also to be created to establish multilateral rules for the…
Checking the new abnormal
Context: Dismayed by the increasing number of cases of lynching across the country, the Supreme Court observed last month that “it is the responsibility of the States to prevent untoward…
Data localisation is not enough
Context: The Justice Srikrishna Committee in its report accompanying the draft Personal Data Protection Bill released on July 27 notes that eight of the top 10 most accessed websites in…
e-commerce policy
Context: The process of putting together a regulatory framework for electronic commerce in the country is finally speeding up. A task force of the Union Commerce Ministry has submitted the…
The public-private gap in health care
Context: The recent controversy about transparency in the working of the cadaver transplant programme in Tamil Nadu has provided an opportunity to revisit the vexed question of medical rationing in…
A fundamental error
Context: The right to privacy judgment, which had six separate opinions that converge into a unanimous decision, noted in the words of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.K. Kaul that the…
India and Bhutan
Context: In the larger scheme of things, highway markers — the reflective stickers on railings that guide traffic on Bhutan’s steep mountain roads — should not be a big issue.…
From Plate to Plough: Lean year as a foundation
Context: Recently NABARD presented the nation with a gift when it released the results of its All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS). Among other things, the survey estimates 2015-16…
How India should close the financial gender gap
Context: The World Bank’s latest Global Findex data proves that India has made rapid strides in improving access to formal financial services. In 2014, just 53% of adults had a…
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