Dr. Dhavan has sent the following in response to Venkatesan’s critique. I have his permission to post it on the blog: “Wrong But Delightful: A Response to V. Venkatesan– By Rajeev Dhavan 1. What a …
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Derivatives in Commodities: Some Issues
The issue over commodities exchanges and trading of futures and options in respect commodities has been brought to the fore with the Left parties deciding not to support the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill. By …
Continue readingRedrawing Constituencies: The Basics, and the Implications of recent legislation
M.R. Madhavan, the Head of Research at PRS Legislative Research, has an insightful column in today’s Indian Express where he explains the history of the practice of delimitation of constituencies in India, while also providing …
Continue readingFarmer Debt Waivers: The Ongoing Debate
This year’s Budget, which was presented by the Financial Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram in Parliament a couple of weeks ago, has been termed a populist and an election-year budget. One aspect of the Budget that …
Continue readingReforming the Parliament
Two interesting developments, both initiated by the Chairs of the two Houses of Parliament, are worth noting. First concerns the an issue referred to the Committee of Privileges by the Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson …
Continue readingA critique of recent changes in Criminal Procedure
An article by Colin Gonsalves published recently in India Together argues strongly against a number of changes brought about by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005, which was passed in May 2005. The full text …
Continue readingImportant Achievements of the RTI and the NREGA Acts for rural Indians
Today’s Indian Express features an op-ed by Sandeep Pandey who explains the significant practical achievements of the Right to Information Act and the National Rural Employment Generation Act for rural India in particular: “Take the …
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