Not In My Name: Countrywide Protests Against Lynching

Demonetisation Measures May Not Really Help in Curbing Black Money: M. Govinda Rao

Demonetisation Measures May Not Really Help in Curbing Black Money: M. Govinda Rao: pPrime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement demonetising high denomination notes on November 8, 2016, will do little to address the prime objective of flushing out black money but will adversely affect the economy in the short term, especially the informal sector, which is predominant in India, says bM. Govinda Rao/b, a Member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission and Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy./ppRao has held a number of advisory roles in India and abroad, and was member of various high-level committees including, the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (2004-2012), the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) (2011-13), High Level Expert Committee on Universal Health Coverage (2011), High Level Expert Committee on Efficient Management of Public Expenditure (2011-12); Advisory Group of Eminent Persons to Adviser the Finance Minister on G-20 matters (2011-12). He was also Chairman, Expert Group on Taxation of Services (2001-02)./ppIn an interview with bS. Rajendran/b, Karnataka Representative, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, Rao, who is also Advisor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, and Chief Economic Adviser,%2

Land acquisition law: winking at the States

Land acquisition law: winking at the States: Last year, faced with its inability to amend the historic Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-

Aadhaar-based biometric authentication—Dark clouds over the PDS

Aadhaar-based biometric authentication—Dark clouds over the PDS: India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) has improved steadily during the last 10 years. The system used to be most ineffective and corruption-ridden, with leakages of around 50 per cent at the natio

Supreme Court agrees to lay down law on Lieutenant Governor's power to run Delhi

Supreme Court agrees to lay down law on Lieutenant Governor's power to run Delhi: Describing the prolonged Centre-Arvind Kejriwal turf war over who controls Delhi as an “extraordinary matter”, the Supreme Court agreed to lay down the law on whether the Lieutenant Governor (LG) can

Wave of Islamic State-claimed bombings in Syria kill many

Wave of Islamic State-claimed bombings in Syria kill many: Near-simultaneous bombings claimed by the Islamic State group struck in and around strongholds of the Syrian government and Kurdish troops Monday, killing at least 48 people in a wave of attacks that

Pol plot unmasked

Pol plot unmasked: A white tiled building with a sloping red roof greets visitors at the small village of Dhom in the Wai taluka of Maharashtra’s Satara district. It serves as the local school. As the day breaks for lu