News: Government aims to reduce 50% of road accidents by 2025 and to achieve zero deaths due to road accidents by 2030. Read here: 3rd High Level Global Conference on Road Safety What is the present condition of road safety in India? According to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number of deaths in road accidents… Continue reading India has still to get a good grip on road safety
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Moving on from India@75 dreams
News: NITI Aayog had released her ambitious report titled India@75 in 2017. It was a 200 page document which had a total of 1400 stakeholders. What were the targets of the document? It aimed to take GDP growth to 8% and to raise the taxes to GDP ratio to 22%. It also aimed to increase… Continue reading Moving on from India@75 dreams
Appeal to the appeals system
News: Recently the Allahabad High Court decided the criminal plea of Raj Kumar, which was filed approximately four decades ago. It acquitted the accused of all criminal charges after such a long time. Read here: Undertrials comprise 75% of India’s prison population The Supreme Court has frequently held that the right to speedy justice is a… Continue reading Appeal to the appeals system
Questioning the ban on online gaming platforms
News: The Karnataka High Court has delivered a judgement striking down major portions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021. This law was introduced to ban online gambling and skill-based gaming platforms like rummy, poker and fantasy sports that involved risking money on an uncertain event. Apart from Karnataka, a similar law introduced by the… Continue reading Questioning the ban on online gaming platforms
Tapping the promise of Philanthropy
News India has had a centuries old tradition of philanthropy , which was dominated by a few business houses in few decades before and post-independence who has the desire to contribute to nation-building. What is the current scenario in Philanthropy sector in India? The scenario has changed now. Economic growth has led to more people… Continue reading Tapping the promise of Philanthropy
Ghost of 497IPC
News Recently Gujarat high court has reinstated a police constable to his service who lost his job over adultery and has outlined that Individual’s Personal choices professional career. What has been high court’s observation in the case? The court noted that the constable’s superiors or society may view the relationship from the prism of immorality… Continue reading Ghost of 497IPC
Teachers mustn’t be blamed for India’s poor learning outcomes
News:There is need to address the systemic and societal problems that are at the heart of poor learning outcomes. Teacher is expected to be the sole agent of education, gradually she becomes demotivated and become the target of the blame. However, the roots to the problem lie in larger systemic and societal causes. The article… Continue reading Teachers mustn’t be blamed for India’s poor learning outcomes
I For International?
News: Recent reports suggest that IITs are in talks to open up outposts in Britain. This article says, IITs expanding abroad is a good idea. But there is need of more radical reform. Why there is need of reforms in higher education institutions? One, the IITs are widely respected in India but there is no… Continue reading I For International?
A Case for Specialists
News: The recent regulatory breaches at the National Stock Exchange is an example of why India needs more regulatory expertise. In this article, the author argues for inclusion of more domain experts in policy making. Why there is need to consider protecting economics from politics and vice versa? One, there was continuity in policy implementation… Continue reading A Case for Specialists
A case for a more federal judiciary
News: The delicate balance between HCs and SC is tilting in favour of the SC. The article discusses the need to balance the power between High Courts and the Supreme Court. Federalism is a midpoint between unitarism, to which the States are subordinate and confederalism wherein the States are supreme and are coordinated by a… Continue reading A case for a more federal judiciary
