The Economic Times, March 23, 2021
Government has set up two high-level task forces, one under NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar and the other under its CEO Amitabh Kant to lay a roadmap for enforcement of contracts and conciliation mechanism respectively, a move aimed at fast tracking infrastructure development in the country and reducing the disputes over contracts.
The New Indian Express, March 21, 2021
An Indian Medical Service, along the lines of other civil services such as IAS, IFS, IPS, etc, may soon see the light of day. A Parliamentary committee recently expressed views in favour of exploring the possibility of a service that would bring a major change to the health system of the country.
Hindustan Times, March 09, 2021
The Centre is in the process of creating for the first time a “digital agri-stack”, a hi-tech national farmers’ database that could give the government and agribusinesses unprecedented insights into the rural economy, people with knowledge of the matter said.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM/NITI AAYOG
- Centre tightens rules of grant allocation for transparency, efficiency
Business Standard, March 31, 2021 - NITI Aayog’s draft national policy on migrant workers: A narrow vision document
The Frontline, March 26, 2021 - Government reviews Niti Aayog functioning
The Times of India, March 25, 2021 - Adopt sub-federalism as a means to transform urban governance
Livemint, March 16, 2021 - Threats to secularism, socialism & federalism
The Times of India, March 08, 2021
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- India, Afghanistan to share expertise in public service recruitment
Livemint, March 23, 2021 - Of Babus and bureaucracy
Dailyexcelsior, March 20, 2021 - Lateral Entry: A challenging administrative reform
The Indian Express, March 19, 2021 - How bureaucracy has left the Indian civil services adrift
The Wire, March 18, 2021
RURAL ECONOMY
- How MGNREGS transformed rural India in an environmentally sustainable manner
Hindustan Times, March 31, 2021 - How entrepreneurship is helping rural women find their own mantra of being ‘happy’
The Financial Express, March 09, 2021 - Addressing employment challenges in the rural economy
BWEducation, March, 03, 2021
JOBS & SKILLS
- Govt depts., ministries asked to hire only skilled contract workers
Livemint, March 26, 2021 - The right kind of schooling
The Financial Express, March 08, 2021 - Healthcare to generate jobs, govt to focus on skilling for employment abroad
Hindustan Times, March 08, 2021 - Can skill-based curriculum replace existing higher education system?
India Today, March 05, 2021
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Indian education system must stop chasing ‘learning outcomes’
The Indian Express, March 31, 2021 - No space for liberal education
The Indian Express, March 28, 2021 - We must never compromise our high ideals of higher education
Livemint, March 22, 2021 - From schooling to learning: For India to make this shift, it must reform the Right to Education Act
The Times of India, March 19, 2021
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Preparing India for urban acceleration
The Financial Express, March 29, 2021 - Transforming India through big ticket reforms
The Financial Express, March 12, 2021 - People’s acceptance is the key towards multi-stakeholder led approach of development
The Economic Times , March 06, 2021
