Should the Government Snoop on Us?
To this interesting question, 69% of you have said that the government has no right to snoop on its citizens, whereas 18% of you that the government could snoop on its citizens, while the remaining 13% of you have opined that the government should be allowed to snoop on the citizens but with some kind of an accountability mechanism.
How well the government has performed in terms of work done per unit of tax collected is difficult to measure but that is not even necessary if we agree that whatever they do, they have to do within a limited part of what the citizens earn. When the government is fiscally imprudent, it affects the…
Is Subsidizing Basic Amenities a good Long Term Policy? The AAP government in Delhi has already made good their promise of 700 litres of free water per day per household and halving the electricity tariffs. This policy choice has come for appreciation as well as criticism. The supporters of the policy argue that the provision…
Assuming a robust IT infrastructure can be put in place, will a facility to file FIRs online be a viable solution to this problem? 61% of you said that if introduced the online FIR could help improve the accountability of police against 27% of you who felt that it would increase the burden on police…
It is a good first step to reduce corruption in the education department and remove a significant hurdle for private schools to perform to their best. Yesterday, the Delhi government passed three significant bills related to schooling in the state. The Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015; Delhi School (Verification of Accounts and Refund of…
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…
In his latest column on Mint popular education columnist Anurag Behar has called for reforms in the teacher education system in the country. In doing so, and as one would expect, he has blamed 'private investments' for the poor standards of teacher education institutions in India. We don't expect anything better from Anurag Behar than…
