The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Centre is emphasising on electronic-enabled Panchayati Raj institutions (EPRI) for speedy delivery of services at the doorstep of people, lack of infrastructure and manpower are the major impediments in the way of e-Governance. As many panchayats of the State are outside the purview of electricity, the …
R Chandrasekhar, IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is credited with establishing India's first department of information technology (DIT) in his home state. The architect of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), he is also regarded as the father of e-governance in India and has won the prime minister's award for …
Governance of the state of Sikkim is one of the key issues that we take pride in for being very, very good. It goes down to the level of the panchayats. In three districts we have panchayati raj in full flow. Interestingly, in north Sikkim, we have the Zumsa system …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (bjp) is in the midst of a crisis. However much its leaders deny its existence, it is very real. The crisis is layered: from factionalism and leadership problems, it extends to fundamental ideological and programmatic drift. There was a time the bjp liked to say Gandhian …
The centre and states usually have a very stormy relationship. I would want to draw attention to the different aspects of this relationship. We live in a federal structure of government with three levels; centre, state and the panchayati raj institutions.
A scathing CAG audit report on Kerala's Akshaya, the country's premier e-gov initiative, shows why billions being spent on e-governance would be wasted if the bureaucracy does not learn quickly.
This paper explores how organizations are responding to the complexities associated with climate change risks and opportunities within their businesses. It is based on a global survey of 300 executives representing companies with revenues of more than US$1b annually from 16 countries and 18 industry sectors. Action amid uncertainty is …
This brief explains the importance of empowering people after natural disasters by giving them access to their rights and entitlements, allowing them to reconstruct the legal foundation for their lives and livelihoods.
It is 9.30 am. The M block main park in Sundarnagri in New Delhi is gearing up for a meeting. Two men carry a microphone and speaker into it. While they fix the gadgets into place, two men enter on a bike, with a bag of rugs intended for seating …
Over the past six years or so, the Congress seems to be undergoing change both with regard to the balance of power within the organization and its ideological orientation. It is fashionable to take the Gandhi family to the cleaners because of its dynastic grip on power. But it must …
BHUBANESWAR: While the State Government is in the process of taking the e-governance initiative to grassroots level of the administration through computerisation of gram panchayat (GP) offices, now efforts are on to create gram panchayat database management facility centres at each block headquarters. The objective of the centre is to …
The Decentralisation Community of Solution Exchange, an initiative of the United Nations in India, provides a platform for increasing our understanding of local governance-both rural and urban-through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Arguably sound land governance is the key to achieving sustainable development and to supporting the global agenda of the MDGs. Even in terms of standard indicators such as corruption, land has long been known to be one of the sectors most affected by bad governance, something that is not difficult …
The field of study and analysis of water governance in river basins is still in its infancy. There are no well developed research designs and survey methodologies for conducting such a study. Thus the present attempt to study water governance in the Man river basin is of an exploratory nature. …
