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Tag: Public Policy

PRS Legislative Research : An excellent resource on the Indian Parliament’s legislative output and functioning

On July 23, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

While hunting for a specific post in the archives of this blog, I began to classify the types of blog posts that I found there, and realised that very few posts have actually focused on …

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Defining Minorities in India

On July 14, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s edition of the Hindu features an article by Professor Zoya Hasan, who teaches at JNU, and is a member of the National Commission of Minorities (click here for her profile as well as those …

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Assessing the implementation of The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act:

On July 13, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries a piece by Jean Dreze and Siddhartha Lal where they narrate their field experiences in Rajasthan on a trip that was undertaken to assess the implementation of the NREGA. While there was …

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The debate over St. Stephens’ new policy

On July 9, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Reading Dilip’s stimulating post on the judgment recently delivered by Justice Dhanapalan of the Madras High Court, and his discussion of the Pai and Inamdar rulings, reminded me that some of the same issues come …

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A detailed examination of issues relating to Retail in India

On July 7, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Continuing the trend set by Umakanth of updating issues previously explored on the blog, those who followed the brief discussion about the debate over whether and how foreign retailers should be allowed within India, would …

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Madras High Court ruling on quotas in unaided educational institutions

On July 3, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu is reporting a ruling by the Madras High Court which, if carried to the Supreme Court (a course of action that seems inevitable, given the issue), has the potential to cause a re-examination …

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A critique of the Maintenance of Parents Bill 2007

On May 8, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

On Saturday, the Indian Express carried a critique of the UPA government’s Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill 2007, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in March. M. R. Madhavan, who …

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Practical problems with the Special Marriages Act

On April 18, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Coomi Kapoor has a column in today’s Indian Express which draws on her experiences to highlight serious problems with the implementation machinery of the Special Marriages Act, as well as the mindset of those who …

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