I co-wrote an article for Financial Express along-with my colleague Mr. Madhukar. The following in the text: The recent order of the ministry of environment and forests (MoE&F) rejecting the application for grant of forest clearance to the Orissa Mining Company (the Vedanta project) has raised a number of important questions. The order cited theContinue reading “My article in Financial Express”
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How expensive is corruption? Public Administration I
Every instance where corruption is a topic of discussion revolves around one central question (apart from the obvious immorality of it): How much does corruption cost society as a whole? I recently picked up a book in an order to understand the process of public administration better. Its preface gave at least one, objective estimateContinue reading “How expensive is corruption? Public Administration I”
Bullying the Indian Elephant
A recent article in Foreign Policy titled ‘The Elephant in the Room‘ talks about how India gives ‘Global Governance the biggest headache’. It tries to make some rather provocative assertions: 1. India has stubbornly refused to sign the NPT and started an arms race in Asia by testing nuclear weapons in 1998. 2. IndiaContinue reading “Bullying the Indian Elephant”
