Policy Making

Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks at the DNPA Conclave and Awards 2024 in New Delhi on February 6

Can you have data-driven good governance with outdated data?

While there is no doubt that good data leads to good governance, the fact is that a lot of Indian data is out of date, and the government hasn’t even been able to conduct the census 

Make GST data central to policy making and evaluation

Rather than take a shot in the dark, the government needs to mine GST data for formulating industrial policy and build the case for proposed changes 

Policy Talk | Digital banking not about public or private ownership, but governance

In today’s episode of Policy Talk podcast, K Yatish Rajawat talks to Professor Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General of RIS, the Research and Information System for Developing Countries and Vice Chairperson of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis (AIGGPA)

Starving the virus by crippling the economy

The weapons that worked during the global financial crisis are not good enough for the war against the coronavirus

Moneycontrol's Election Analytics Centre: Track assembly polls

In particular, all eyes are on UP and Punjab, two key states in which the BJP faces a tough battle; the outcome could have a bearing on policy-making and economic reforms at the Centre.

India scraps funding ties with Gates Foundation on immunisation

A group backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that works on India's immunisation programmes will now be funded by the health ministry, a government official said, a move in part prompted by fears foreign donors could influence policy making.

Delhi govt's CMULF programme to involve youth in policy making

The Delhi government has decided to involve youth in policy making through Chief Minister's Urban Leadership Fellows (CMULF) Programme, under which they will be assisting senior officials in matters of governance.

Private carriers seek level playing field with foreign airlines

Private Indian airline operators said it was essential to avoid "discrimination" against them and provide them a level playing field with the foreign and new airlines which had started operations in India, an official spokesperson said.

NITI Aayog to transform India into economic power

NITI Aayog has been mandated to serve as a policy think-tank for the central as well as state governments and has Prime Minister as its Chairperson.

Decisive politics can make FY15 a year of recovery: Leyland

Executive vice chairman R Seshasayee, Ashok Leyland equals India's current mood to being in a twilight zone. He says the country's economics is held back by politics which is confusing and murky.

Probe agency should not sit in judgement over policy: PM

Holding that errors of judgement should be distinguished from a criminal act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would not be appropriate for a police agency to sit in judgement over policy formulation, without any evidence of malafide.

NPPA to fix cap on prices of over 300 drugs by month-end

Drug pricing regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said that it will fix the ceiling prices of over 300 formulation-based drugs by the month-end.

Earnings consolidation to persist for 2-3 years: R Sukumar

Even as the growth momentum has not been encouraging, R Sukumar, Franklin Templeton Investments believes that there may not be much downside in store for Indian equities.

FIIs heady on India, pooh-pooh policy glitches

CNBC-TV18 spoke to FIIs at the IVCA Conclave 2012 who were optimistic about the investment potential and affirmed that the problems would be resolved in the short-term.