Grain import policy quixotic, lacks logic

high fluoride: Almost 35 per cent of school children above 8 years of age in the Palam area of Delhi suffer from dental fluorosis, according to a study by the Fluorosis Research And Rural

The Chhattisgarh government handed over a stretch of the Sheonath river to a private company to manage water distribution without setting up independent regulatory authorities that could establish guidelines under which a private firm could manage a common resource. A long lease without a regulatory mechanism can lead to unforeseen circumstances.

The World Bank has been promoting the public-private partnership model based on management contracts in developing countries. In such contracts, all the risks are borne by the government while the companies do not invest a penny.

The privatisation of Thailand's Electricity Generating Authority (egat) has been a bone of contention for the Thai government. Recently, the Supreme Administrative Court (sac) of Thailand ordered a

The unplanned sector of India