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‘Social Audit’ is “a public assembly where all the details of a project are scrutinized”. It is “a way of measuring, understanding, reporting and ultimately improving an organization’s/programme’s social and ethical performance”. Social Audit (SA): Social Audit is a process in which details of the resources, both financial and non-financial, is used by public agencies… Continue reading Social Audit: An Analysis

Context: Judiciary is increasingly being attacked by civil society for its new orientation towards the philosophy of political executive and becoming a part of partisan politics. Judicial activism: It is a “judicial philosophy which motivates judges to depart from the traditional precedents in favour of progressive and new social policies”. Judicial activism enjoins judges to… Continue reading JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL OVERREACH (ARTICLE 142)

Context: Madras and Delhi High Courts recently banned the online sale of medicines. Background: The order was in response to a PIL filed by a Delhi-based dermatologist who said that unregulated online sale of medicines could lead to substandard drugs being sold, some of which have psychotropic substances that can be misused for criminal activities.… Continue reading E-pharmacy in India

Context: India has expressed confidence recently at COP24 at Katowice, Poland that it would achieve all its INDCs targets to tackle climate change ahead of the deadlines.India’s statement comes in the backdrop of new analysis by IEEFA  Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) is a US-based organisation that conducts research and analysis on… Continue reading India’s INDCs- Progress and Challenges Ahead

At the recent G20 meeting in 2018, Japan, India and US conducted a trilateral dialogue. At the same venue, India, Russia and China also held a joint meeting. Contentious Issues between RIC and JAI members: China Trade wars between US and China, China’s trade distorting practices, economic colonialism and disrespect for rules based order. China’s… Continue reading JAI and RIC

What is Corporate Governance: Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies.  Corporate governance is therefore about what the board of a company does and how it sets the values of the company, and it is to be distinguished from… Continue reading Corporate governance Framework in India: Analysis

What is climate finance? Climate financerefers to local, national or transnational financing—drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing—that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions to address climate change. The Convention (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement call for financial assistance from Parties with more financial resources to those that are… Continue reading Climate Finance

Roads are the arteries through which the economy sustains. Roads link producers to markets, workers to jobs, students to school, and the sick to hospitals, hence are vital to any development agenda. However, roads can only contribute if they are safe for commuters and government’s main thrust of accident prevention and control has been on… Continue reading Road Safety: Importance, challenges and solutions

News: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has advocated a need for an amendment to the Anti-Defection Law, setting a specific timeframe for disposing of defection cases. What is Anti-Defection Law? The Tenth Schedule — popularly known as the Anti-Defection Act — was included in the Constitution in 1985 via the 52nd Amendment Act, 1985. The… Continue reading Anti Defection Law