Politics & Government

• Business Community And The Elections 6/13/2008 8:37:34 AM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  Shifting our attention to the fascinating political duel between Barrack Obama and the spirited Hillary Clinton, it is an election which both deserve to win. Barrack Obama has the edge.
  
  
• Public Confidence In Judiciary 6/13/2008 7:39:40 AM
  In Law Enforcement & Police, By: Payal Jain
  Judiciary, the legislature and the executive are the pillars on which our democracy rests. But to suggest the judges, particularly in the higher courts, hold constitutional offices as if that invests them with extraordinary immunities does not.
  
  
• American Unilateralism 6/11/2008 6:26:58 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Indian political problem is not that we are being Americanized, but that the US empire does not know what it wants to do or can do with its power or its limits. It merely insists that those who are not with it are against it.
  
  
• The Economics Of Politics 5/28/2008 5:55:15 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Politicians are really making an issue of rising prices for their vote bank. Politics in all epochs and in all countries aims at the seizure of power. The power politicians aspire to-and seize-is intended to make use of various instruments.
  
  
• India-Africa Relations 5/17/2008 6:42:45 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  The recent India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi is an effort of putting threads of friendship to both the countries with the plan of action focuses on furthering cooperation in areas like environment, health, education, energy and mining.
  
  
• Indian Politics Pleasing the U.S. 5/17/2008 5:42:28 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Indian politics and politicians do not seem to have kept pace with economic strides and the globalization process of which India has become an intrinsic part. There is persistent talk of an early election, an election that no one wants.
  
  
• Indian Defence-Weak On Submarines 5/17/2008 5:16:01 PM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India is clearly worried by revelations that China is building up a large fleet of nuclear submarines alarmingly close to the Indian Ocean Rim as it is a cause for security concerns.
  
  
• All In The Name Of Legal Procedures 5/8/2008 9:39:51 AM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  During elections, anywhere in India is usually so full of unethical practices that it virtually renders ineffective and meaningless the so called code of conduct timed with the formal announcement of the election schedule.
  
  
• Cutting Down Government Employees 4/24/2008 2:48:07 PM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  Downsizing the Government is one of the alternates that Finance Minister has to consider as the Government as a whole has to swallow if fiscal discipline has to be enforced.
  
  
• Election Scenario In Jammu And Kashmir 4/24/2008 2:16:40 PM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  Elections talks are already warming the air from Karnataka to Kashmir, from Bengal to Rajasthan. The parties are busy strengthening old alliances and working at forging new ones. The battle may as yet be some distance away.
  
  
• Asset Turned Into Liability 4/24/2008 2:14:25 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Myanmar has incomparable natural endowment and has the capacity to generate ample of revenue. But the rulers economic mismanagement has transformed such an asset into a liability.
  
  
• Poltics And Reservation 4/24/2008 2:03:01 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  The 27 percent reservation for other backward classes in central educational institutions, including the IITs and IIMs, is now official after the Supreme Court upheld the Central Education Institutions (Reservation in Admission) act 2006.
  
  
• Democracy In Bhutan 4/19/2008 8:36:47 PM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  There was a heavy turnout of voters (80 percent) in the first ever conducted National Assembly election with which Bhutan officially bid farewell to the absolute monarchy which came into being in 1907.
  
  
• All In The Name Of Politics 4/15/2008 6:53:13 PM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  The alliances for the immediate future and as a belligerent Mayawati and her BSP cadres make a forward political move as the Congress accepting the ground reality making a friendly gesture towards Mulayam Singh Yadav and the SP.
  
  
• Dowry Death Laws 4/15/2008 6:27:53 PM
  In Law & Ethics, By: Payal Jain
  Every day sees so many deaths of women happen because of the dowry. It is high time that the existing law on dowry death needs to be amended. According to Section 304-B, a death can be categorized as a ‘dowry death’.
  
  
• Democratic Pakistan 4/15/2008 6:15:14 PM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  The Pakistani people did themselves proud on the polling day when they, for their part, announced yet again their commitment to a democratic form of governance. Much has happened in the territory of Pakistan politics in the past.
  
  
• Switching In Politics 4/15/2008 5:57:22 PM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  We all say that politics is a dirty game. Besides that it is also a very diplomatic game where you have to play your cards right. Switch phenomena is very common or one can say a very strong rule of the game.
  
  
• PRIS And Corruption 4/5/2008 4:42:52 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  The Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended implementation of a Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) to reward the efficient employees and improve the quality of Government work.
  
  
• National Child Labour Project(NCLP) 4/5/2008 4:33:51 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  It is believed that there are more children under the age of fourteen years in India than the entire population of the United States. Children under fourteen constitute around 3.6 per cent of the total labor force in India.
  
  
• Parliamentary Democracy 3/25/2008 5:32:31 PM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  Tolerance is one of the traits of parliamentary democracy but often what one witnesses is total disrespect for dissenting views. Arguments are sought to be countered not by logic but by lung power.
  
  
• Expenditure On Indian Navy 3/22/2008 8:38:48 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India’s defence is based on triad which is land, air and sea. The weakest link is the sea power. Our defence expenditure is less than 2.5 per cent of the GDP, one of the lowest for any major country and well below that of some of our neighbors.