public distribution system

Ordinance Route

This article first appeared in Frontline on July 24, 2013, and can be accessed here. In my article, I examine the true intent behind giving the executive the power to promulgate ordinances, and how the use of this power has been at complete variance from such original intent. The misuse of this power overContinue reading “Ordinance Route”

RTI: Knowledge, information…and violence

This post relates to a recent story titled: “CIC orders publication of PDS details” The Indian government runs one of the largest Public Distribution Systems (PDS) giving subsidised food and other essential commodities for the lower-income groups in the country. Even if just those Below Poverty Line (BPL) are taken into account roughly 25 croreContinue reading “RTI: Knowledge, information…and violence”