Prime Minister Narendra Modi Narendra Modi has overwhelmed the media. He is everywhere. Recently he debuted on Instagram and had millions of views overnight. That is not the only news. For somebody…
Tag: Governance
Food Safety: India in Governance Crisis: Chapter 11
Tukaram Mundhe’s Enforcement Drive in Maharashtra Food safety in India is another governance crisis in India. The laws have been changed, rules have been changed and a new generation of officers have…
Trusts and NGOs: India’s Crises in Governance (Chapter 10)
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mismanagement (Chapter 3) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust has exposed something that every lawyer in India knows. Inadequacy of laws relating to charities and NGOs that are…
Bureaucracy: Is India in Governance Crises?
Judiciary Can Direct but Cannot Enforce (Chapter 9) VIP Culture India has a peculiar VIP culture enjoyed by it elite bureaucracy. Every few years, a protocol document leaks, a stadium gets cleared…
Chartered Accountants: Is India in Governance Crises?
(Chapter 8) The Private Bureaucracy that Failed Chartered Accountants occupy a unique position in India’s economic governance. They are not government officers. They are not politicians. They are licensed private professionals whose…
Politicians: Is India in Governance Crises?
The Conflict of Interest Chapter 7 When the leadership class i.e. politician is the primary beneficiary of the system it does not want any change. This makes reforms structurally impossible. The challenge…
CBI: Is India in Governance Crises?
The Caged Parrot (CBI). Chapter 6 The persistence of corruption in India, is not due to lack of laws or watchdogs to prosecute it but due to a deep inertia in preventing…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 5 The Media Without Journalism India’s free press was constitutionally guaranteed. What was never guaranteed was that the press would want to use that freedom. It had freedom to criticise the…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 4 Lokpal: The Watchdog that Sets Wrong Example. India’s VIP culture in bureaucracy is not a side effect of governance. It is not a collection of bad actors in an otherwise…
Is India in Governance Crises?
Chapter 3 This was the question I had posed a few months back (in Chapter 1): If the bureaucracy, police, regulators, and enforcement apparatus are internally sabotaging the elected government, is this…
Is India in Governance Crises?
The Paralysis in Governance of India. (Chapter 1) If the bureaucracy, police, regulators, and enforcement apparatus are internally sabotaging the elected government, is this still democracy? Or has it become a permanent…
A Legal Framework for Analyzing “State Failure” events.
What is State Failure? The distinction between “intelligence failure” and “state failure” is crucial. Intelligence failure implies inadequate information gathering or analysis. State failure, properly understood, occurs when adequate information exists but…