Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The overwhelming mandate to the NDA government in 2014 is based on its promise of ‘Achche Din’ and ‘Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikas’. As the government is approaching mid-term, the socio-economic impact of its policy decision is becoming more evident. This report in particular is concerned about the government’s performance …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2016 regarding decision of the Government of India, taken sometime in March 2013, allowing voice telephony to Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. on payment of Rs.1,658 crores entry …
This fourth edition of the African Governance Report focuses on the importance of measuring corruption and of understanding its international dimensions. The report challenges the traditionally narrow notion of corruption as the “abuse of public office for private gain”. This definition places too much emphasis on public office and on …
This report presents estimates of various characteristics pertaining to social consumption of education at national as well as State/UT levels in 2014, based on the results of NSS 71st round survey. NSSO had conducted an all-India household survey on education during the period January – June, 2014. The purpose of …
UIDAI would like to state that the author has made a number of serious mathematical errors and operational omissions which have led him to arrive at a completely incorrect conclusion in his paper. First, we will show why operationally the issue of duplicates in Aadhaar can nowhere be close to …
A Bill to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters connected therewith …
Centre for Science an Environment (CSE) has been given the Business Standard award for 2015 for being the "public institution" of the year. The Business Standard award, given annually to companies and individuals, had introduced a new category for "public institution" for its 2015 awards. CSE's deputy director general, Chandra …
What impact has the award of the Fourteenth Finance Commission had on the resources and spending of state governments? Does it necessarily have to lead to a decline in outlays in the social sector? An illustrative and preliminary exercise for Bihar.
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around the world. Often referred to as the “think tanks’ think tank,” TTCSP examines the evolving role and character of public policy research organizations. …
India ranks 76 in a tie with other developing economies such as Brazil and Thailand India has moved up nine spots on the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2015 to 76, from 85 in 2014, according to a new report by Transparency International. But, the jump in rankings should not be …
2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index than declined. Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on …
Says gains of higher growth, more jobs and better public services also short of expectation, recommends more focus on access Despite rapid adoption of digital technologies across the world, the anticipated dividends of higher growth, job creation and better public services are well short of expectation, says the World Bank …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajbala & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 10/12/2015 regarding the constitutionality of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 8 of 2015).
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr. Sandeep s/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar & Others Versus Union of India and Others dated 27/10/2015. The grievance of the Applicant is that states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, confine the eligibility for appearing in the superspecialty entrance …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K. S. Puttaswamy Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/10/2015 regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes. The Apex Court in its Order stated that the "Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made …
Government today said an in-house rating of NGOs receiving grants from the Environment Ministry will be done to rank them on the basis of their performance. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, while releasing the 10th edition of 'Directory of Environment NGOs' said a system will be created to assess the performance …
The NDA government was embarrassed yet again in the Supreme Court on Thursday when it was found that ministry of environment and forest had appointed 30 advocates as panel lawyers in breach of a year-old memo issued by Prime Minister's Office to all departments to make merit-based appointments. The embarrassment …
Why strengthening regulatory capacity should be the first step in solving environmental problems It is time we recognised that the current ways of fixing the environment are not working. Rivers are more contaminated; air is more polluted and cities are filling up with garbage we cannot handle. The question is: …
