India has put a lot of emphasis on technological initiatives like Digital India and Smart City Mission. How can such technology be utilized to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency? Discuss.

The initiatives such as Digital India and Smart India have the potential to transform the lives of citizens of India by improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in several ways. Both Digital India and Smart City Project have E-governance and empowering Indian citizens ..

The CCTNS system has its own advantages for all stakeholders in law & order. However, its implementation has been deferred several times by now. What are the major issues? Discuss.

The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project was launched in 2009 as part of its police modernization program under the national e-governance project. It was conceived to bring all 16,000 police stations in India under a single network ..

In India, many of the infrastructure projects get stalled due to unnecessary injunctions by the courts. How the proposed amendments in the Specific Relief Act, 1963 address this issue? Explain key proposals of the amendment bill.

A bill to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1963 has been tabled recently in the winter session of the Parliament. The bill when gets its approval, will ease the infrastructure contracts in several fronts.  This bill is perceived to limit ..

A basic principle of management is that the responsibility/ accountability should not be divested from authority; however, generally it is found that there is a mismatch between authority and accountability in public service in India. Discuss suggesting how the congruence between authority and responsibility can be ensured in public services.

Accountability along with authority is necessary for good governance. The congruence between accountability and authority in public service can be ensured by some of the following measures: Stringent rules should be put in place so that all civil and public ..

What are the current provisions to rule out conflict of interest in senior bureaucrats assuming corporate roles post-resignation or retirement? Discuss suggesting what further reforms should be done to avoid post-retirement or post-resignation conflict of interest. []

Conflict of interest is that situation where personal interests and organisational interests clash and puts a public servant in a position to decide between the both. Most of the times, it may appear that the post holder chooses own interest ..

Although, the state has the right incentive and intentions to deliver public services efficiently, its capacity to do so is questionable. Critically discuss in the context of India.

India is a welfare state, as envisaged in the directive principles of the state policy. This entails its responsibility for efficient Public Service Delivery. Incentives and intentions of the state in delivering Public Services: Right intention – As envisaged by ..

India Needs To Unify Its Energy Departments

In recent times, India has woken up to the problem of trying to manage an array of different ministries and departments when it comes to the energy sector. What is the issue? India has five different ministries, along with a ..

Corporate Governance : Role of Independent Director

The role of the independent director has seen a paradigm shift with the change in respect to governance of Indian businesses. It can be attributed to the increased regulatory scrutiny and compliance. The expectations from an independent director have undergone ..

What are the objectives behind Citizen Charters? Discuss along with elucidating the Six Principles of the Citizen's Charters.

The key objectives of the Citizens Charters are to empower the citizen in relation to public service delivery. Six principles of the Citizens’ Charter movement as originally framed, were: Quality : Improving the quality of services Choice : Wherever possible ..

Discuss the key provisions of Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) aimed at protection of consumers and discouraging the speculators. Do you agree with the view that RERA may not bring positive results, especially due to the way the States have adopted the Act? Discuss.

The key provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 aimed at protection of the consumers and discouraging the speculators are as follows: Provision of state level regulatory authorities which would ensure registration and all possible details of ..