Governance - Different Truths

September 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

RSS Stakes Claim for Independence Struggle

Historians like Romilla Thapar, Irfan Habib and Ramchandra Guha must be wondering how come they missed this chapter – the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh fought for India’s Independence and its...

September 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Congress Roadshow to Change Paradigm Before Assembly Elections

Inspite of its weaknesses, the Congress seems to be very enthusiastic because the state has growing dissatisfaction against the ruling BJP. The farmers of the state are agitating. Contract...

September 19, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Rahul Road Show Success Energises MP Congress

On the day Rahul Gandhi was being welcomed by the cheering crowd, stones were pelted on Chouhan’s cavalcade at Mahidpur town in Ujjain district. A report for Different Truths. ...

September 19, 2018
IPA Service
Development, Economy

HDI for India Suggests Good Days an Endless Wait

Good days’ have remained elusive for the majority of Indians because the major share of national income growth is going to sectors other than human development. The rich are...

September 19, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Advocacy, Development, Human Rights, Mass Media

Media Literacy: A Need for Development of India

There are very few mainstream news channels or news organisations that cover developmental issues with the aim of promoting ‘public service journalism’. Most organisations are lost in their need...

September 19, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

What is the Othello-Boss Syndrome?

Othello had murdered his beautiful wife, suspecting infidelity due to jealousy. An Othello-boss is an insecure leader, who feels threatened, if his subordinates come up with bright ideas because...

September 18, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Decoding 50-Year-BJP-Rule Quip of Amit Shah

Amit Shah, has claimed that the saffron party will not only increase his party’s tally in 2019 general elections — get more seats than it obtained in 2014 polls...

September 18, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Fossil Fuel

Anti-Corruption Claims of Modi Govt. a Complete Sham

Arun Jaitley has a lot of explaining to do over his meeting with Vijay Mallya in parliament and hair-splitting arguments whether it was ‘formal’ or ‘informal’ are beside the...

September 17, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Labour

Migrant Labour Issues Pose New Challenges to Labour Policy

While there is a policy vacuum at the Centre on migrant workers, Kerala offers a good model for how a state government should address the problems of incoming migrants...

September 15, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Trade, World

RCEP May End Up as Chinese Trade Trap for India

India is already reeling under the trade deficit with ASEAN + six countries in RCEP and China is the major contributor. Against this background, the major concern is spill...

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