The government needs to inventorise its land holdings, perhaps even have a class of officers to do it
It will mean having something similar to an Aadhaar number for each plot of land in the country.
Outside the IT, ITeS and financial sectors and top B-schools, you would be mad to be an entrepreneur in India
There is a slice of the young generation that does want to change India for the better
The state’s law reform initiatives make for a template that other states can follow
The Bhubaneswar-based school demonstrates how tribal lives are being transformed without any government aid
The DIPP’s pressure on states to become more business-friendly seems to be working
Unless Railways’ decision-making is streamlined, closing of level-crossings will keep falling short of target
The Appropriation Acts need to be taken out of the way first, because they are easier to handle.
Most railway platforms can now handle 24 coaches. Why can’t an average Rajdhani have as many?
With huge heritage tourism potential, these must be delinked from the Indian Railways.
Building a road in Arunachal Pradesh is not the same as building a road in West Bengal
Data on time-use would facilitate understanding of labour productivity and its relation to poverty.
Decentralisation will completely overhaul the way we have looked at delivery of public goods and services
There is a very strong case to get the government’s fiscal year to start around Deepavali
In discussing low employment elasticity of growth, let us not look only at labour market policies
States must decentralise powers to urban local bodies, which must then push for smartness even if in just enclaves.
If firming up the BPL list is taking a long time, how can the DBT work?
