Subject: Governance

Importance for the exams Mains – Understand the problems with the existing water management institutions. How a new institutional framework tries to address these, its criticism. Prelims – All the bodies involved, their structure, composition – CWC, CGWB and the proposed NWC. In News Mihir Shah Committee recommendations on institutional reforms are being considered by the govt. The […]

The MCI has been in the news for the wrong reasons as the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health in its 92nd report came down heavily on various aspects of the functioning of MCI. British medical Journal also had suggested radical revamp of the MCI. This articles focuses on the medical education governance in India. source […]

Let’s see the issue of liquor prohibition in states from various dimensions.

A brisk walk down the memory lane to understand the origins of OROP and the major milestones in its evolution.

What are the key points of Lodha committee report? Analysing the report under various dimensions.

Will Aadhar enable better targeting of subsidies or will it create an Orwellian surveillance apparatus?

PM Modi recently advocated for simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. This has set off the debate over the long pending electoral reforms in the country.

The Aayog seeks to evolve a shared vision of national development priorities sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in the light of national objectives

Last year, a much publicised leaked report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) warned us that several NGOs, including Greenpeace India, were having a detrimental effect on India’s economic development. What does it mean? What’s the background story and milestone developments in this news segment?

In the corridors of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), growing frustration is evident against NGT. Some call it a “power-hungry institution” that has failed the purpose for which it was created. But does NGT need to be reined in or do we need to give it more powers? How has it fared on various counts?

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