This will provide useful inputs about the base on which a district wishes to build and plan for the future
Awareness of DARPG portal is increasing. There were 132,751 complaints between May 2014 and September 2014. Between May 2015 and…
Even with the state government’s commitment, getting rid of obsolete laws has taken nearly two years
The new series of national accounts was introduced in January 2015. The switch wasn’t overnight and impromptu, having been contemplated…
The US, too, has gaps in GDP accounting, except that it uses the expression “statistical discrepancy”
Larger villages seem to have integrated better with the mainstream because of better transport connectivity
The dilemma is over decontrolling cannabis for industrial use vis-a-vis curbing recreational use
Reportage often suggests great precision in states’ rankings, when there is no such precision
Principle of opportunity cost should be as important in government budget as in household budgets
At a recent conference, despite its authenticity being of doubtful vintage, I again heard the story of parachuting cats. There…
Focusing on proper breeding, healthcare, nutrition and marketing of goats can result in an overall gain of R5,688 crore, net…
The language isn’t quite dead. But if it isn’t encouraged and energised, it may well be headed in that direction
The government must broaden the ICDS programme and also focus on specific districts
The varying registration machinery across states is one of the reasons why civil registration lacks efficiency.
While there has been some progress on enumerating the disabled population, we are still far from the correct count
Best practices from the states need to be studied to make these systemic and not individual-driven
Most pending reforms concern factor markets, largely the domain of the states
Manmohan Singh’s views on the Planning Commission seem to be changing colours like a chameleon.
