National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy

India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a …

Cloud over CIC post

Transparent selection demanded for information commissioners

Spectrum allocation in India: journey so far

The Centre has set the stage for the largest spectrum auction ever. Let’s look back at the developments leading to government’s …

Cabinet gives nod to new agriculture insurance scheme

The new scheme will be unable to address the existing agrarian crises, say experts

RTI in reverse gear

Bureaucrats want right to reject right to information applications

BlackBerry suspended, questions on technology governance remain

Letters

To protect or to empower?

Parliamentary standing committee reiterates its demand to bring Jarawas into mainstream

Strengthen the right

Life after hail

And now, politics over Kosi

India blocks nuclear meeting

Says views on breeder technology hostile to the country

Is this ‘legitimate rape’?

The official response to CAG’s report on captive coal mines fails to address serious issues on the loot of natural resources

Not quite the pulse of the nation

Yellow pea catches more heat than consumers

OOXML reconsidered for e-governance

India sets up an organizational structure for climate negotiations

Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor

Land Titling Bill silent on settling rights of tribals and the poor

New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

Misplaced emphasis on security

The Salwa Judum judgement and the Union home ministry

Let states decide

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

Delayed harvest

Pay and chop

Time to reveal

Cabinet clears policy that makes it mandatory for departments to share data; civil society sceptical

Tax brakes