Mahadayi: Goa open to out-of-tribunal settlement
Goa has said that it is open to talks with Karnataka and Maharashtra to explore an out-of-tribunal settlement on Mahadayi issue. Goa demands a Tribunal In 2002, Goa had appealed…
Artificial Intelligence: Solving human and social development challenges
A recent United Nations (UN) supported summit in Geneva, “AI for Good”, focused on the potential of using AI technologies for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The…
Internal Security: challenges and reforms required
The internal security situation of the country has not shown any marked improvement. India’s complex internal security problems: The internal security situation is on a slippery slope. Jammu and Kashmir…
‘Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations’
July 11 has been designated by the United Nations as World Population Day. The World Population Day was started in 1989 by the then governing council of the United Nations Development…
Civil Services reforms: The need for lateral entry
Good governance is basic to all reforms and changes in society. Given the significance of the bureaucracy in India’s development, some of the major changes need to be incorporated in…
Democratic state needs a democratic civil society and vice versa
Members and representatives of civil society organisations have expressed deep concerns on how civil society organisations and their donors are being labelled and targeted. They allege that their funds are…
Minimum qualifications for cooperative societies’ polls
Rajasthan has become the country’s first State to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies. The State Cooperative Societies…
Benefits of GST for the Transport Sector
The transport sector stands to benefit from the recently rolled out GST in several ways. Pre-GST: Pre- GST, the complex tax structure and paper work forced the transport industry to…
American cooperation in science, technology and innovation will help India’s start-up ecosystem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the U.S. is likely to deepen bilateral ties in multiple strategic areas. Among them, science and technology, a key driver for innovation and…
Findings of NFHS – 4
The NFHS 4 results demonstrate that the improvements over NFHS 3 are significant for many key indicators, but there are considerable rural, urban and inter State disparities in key indicators. …