Today, world military expenditure is estimated to have reached $1.756 trillion. This corresponds to 2.5 per cent of world gross domestic product (GDP), or approximately $249 for each person in the world and this total is still higher than in any year between the end of World War II and 2010.But even more devastating has…
In our last weekly poll, we asked you whether teacher-training facilities or developing innovative educational technologies should be the priority investment area to improve quality of education quickly. To this tough question, of the 21 poll takers, 62% vouched for teacher training facilities while 38% believed that precedence should be given to innovation in educational…
In our last Weekly Your View, we asked whether it was possible to achieve economic equality for all citizens of our country. Of the 21 poll takers 5 % of you thought that it was possible to achieve economic equality while the other 86 % thought that it would be an impossible proposition. One of…
Are the ability to govern and the degree one holds independent of each other? This has been a hotly debated topic, both on social and mainstream media, since a key cabinet berth was given to an MP who is not a graduate. In light of this issue, we asked you in the last edition of…
In the last Weekly Your View, we asked you whether having a centralized planning agency has helped the country. Out of 22 poll takers, 52% said yes while 48% did not think that the agency has helped the country. Some of you even pointed out that due to inefficiency, issues in implementation or just inability…
In the last Weekly Your View, we asked you whether the government's power to use a person's private property in the name of a larger public interest has benefited us more or harmed us more. Out of 25 poll takers, 64% believed that it has caused more harm while 28% were of the opinion that…
The overburdening of the judiciary in India is not a story that is new. With a backlog of over 31 million pending cases in the High courts and subordinate courts, the Indian judicial system was made to induct 1,734 Fast Track Courts by the Eleventh Finance Commission to speed up the judicial process. Despite this…
Out of 18 people who answered the poll, 89% of you were in favour of punishing the police and complainants for false allegation while none of you felt that such a punishment was unnecessary. 11% opted for the “other” option of which one of you pointed out that the police cannot know whether it is…
When you check your work before sending it across to another person, you perform an audit. All of us are faced with different type of audits at our own levels. In school, we are evaluated through exams. At work, after a point, it is a standard practice for us t o assess our own work….
Our Saturday Poll last week was on whether the government should control media. Responses from the 28 people who took the poll suggest that most people would want a freer media than a controlled media as far as restrictions related to geographical reach and content are concerned. However, a considerable majority -57%- would like some…
