Public Policy
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Mandatory sign-up, word limit: The many hurdles in offering feedback on the data protection bill
The IT ministry needs to make provisions for a free-form feedback process or it risks alienating citizens and deterring meaningful engagement on policy making.
Aditya Tannu & Shonottra Kumar
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Manifesto for change: ‘Reclaiming the Republic: 19 issues for elections 2019’
A group of eminent citizens outline reforms for India’s judiciary, media, education, healthcare, police and social welfare system.
Prashant Bhushan & Anjali Bhardwaj
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India’s water policy will be more inclusive if it incorporates a seascape perspective
The integral connection between water from land and water in the sea seems lost on policy makers.
John Kurien & Nandakumar D
Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Is shouting 'Pakistan zindabad' illegal? An SC order clarifies
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In one out of five cases, Aadhaar verification in fertiliser subsidy scheme is not working
Study finds traders do not always use buyers’ biometrics to register sales in 14 districts where the scheme has been launched.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Video: How mandatory Aadhaar authentication is leaving the poor without food rations
In Jharkhand, Aadhaar has disrupted the public distribution system that millions of families depend on.
Aamir Hasan Khan & Waqar Akhtar
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One reason India’s ambitious fertiliser subsidy reforms stumbled – Aadhaar authentication failures
Using fingerprints to verify customers is adding to delays outside fertiliser shops. Retailers have found a solution but it defeats the purpose of the reforms.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava & Mridula Chari
Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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Fertiliser subsidy reform plan was linked to soil health cards of farms – but it did not work
Experts question the quality of the information on cards and farmers do not trust it.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava & Mridula Chari
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Fertiliser reforms were linked to digitised land records – but the database is far from complete
India needs to overhaul land titles before they can be used to identify farmers for the delivery of subsidies.
Mridula Chari & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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How the government quietly scaled back its ambitious plans to reform fertiliser subsidies
A special four-part series on what went wrong with the government’s attempts to plug the leakages in India’s Rs 70,000 crore annual fertiliser subsidy.
Mridula Chari & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’