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Governance And Institutions

India betters ranking in graft index

India ranks 76 in a tie with other developing economies such as Brazil and Thailand

Publication Date: 
28/01/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Corruption, India, Brazil, Thailand, Netherlands, Budget, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Corruption Perceptions Index 2015

2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index than declined.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2016
Transparency International
Tags:
Corruption, Public Sector, Governance, India, Global
Governance And Institutions

Digital expansion helps rich more than poor: World Bank report

Says gains of higher growth, more jobs and better public services also short of expectation, recommends more focus on access

Publication Date: 
14/01/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
World Bank, Poverty, Unique Identification Number (UID), India, China, Developing Countries, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding the constitutionality of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, 10/12/2015

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajbala & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 10/12/2015 regarding the constitutionality of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 8 of 2015).

Judgement Date: 
10/12/2015
Tags:
Panchayats, Governance, Haryana, Education, Women, Scheduled Castes, Legislation, Supreme Court
Governance And Institutions

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India reservation of any kind in respect of post-graduate or super speciality courses, 27/10/2015

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr. Sandeep s/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar & Others Versus Union of India and Others dated 27/10/2015.

Judgement Date: 
27/10/2015
Tags:
Education, India, Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Health Education, Governance
Governance And Institutions

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes, 15/10/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K. S. Puttaswamy Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/10/2015 regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes.

The Apex Court in its Order stated that the "Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made mandatory till the matter is finally decided by this Court one way or the other".

Judgement Date: 
15/10/2015
Tags:
Governance, Services, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court
Governance And Institutions

Government plans in-house rating for NGOs receiving Environment Ministry grants

Government today said an in-house rating of NGOs receiving grants from the Environment Ministry will be done to rank them on the basis of their performance.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
NGO, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Regulations, WWF, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Environment ministry violates PMO’s merit-only order for appointments, embarrasses govt in SC

The NDA government was embarrassed yet again in the Supreme Court on Thursday when it was found that ministry of environment and forest had appointed 30 advocates as panel lawyers in breach of a ye

Publication Date: 
11/09/2015
Dhananjay Mahapatra
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Governance matters

Why strengthening regulatory capacity should be the first step in solving environmental problems

Publication Date: 
17/08/2015
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Regulations, Environment, River Pollution, Waste Management, Environment Management, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Governance And Institutions

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Aadhaar Card Scheme, 11/08/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Others Versus Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2015 regarding Aadhaar Card Scheme.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2015
Tags:
Governance, People, Information, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)

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