On November 5, 2020, Haryana Assembly passed the ’Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill’ that seeks to reserve 75 per cent of jobs in the private sector for its residents. With its adoption, Haryana has become the latest entrant to a new cult [...]
Business Insider published Mandar Kagade’s op-ed on "Why a sovereign bad bank is a bad idea" as part of series on "Expectations from the Budget". Mandar is an Analyst at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy. DISCLAIMER : Any comments, speeches, articles, blogs, podcasts, videos/vlogs, opposite the editorial page/opinions andeditorials page (OP-ED), interview response etc. made by [...]
A brief primer on the current state of affairs Article 1 of our Constitution defines India as a Union of States. This relationship between the Union and the State governments, is not only a constitutional necessity but also a prime contributor in the development of our nation and its states. The Constitution has laid out [...]
According to Periodic Labour Force Survey,2017 and 2018, India’s unemployment rate in 2017-18 was 6.07% and it came down to 5.8% in the 2018-19. This declining trend may not continue further because of the slowdown of economic activities that occurred in the last quarter of 2019-20 due to outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The countrywide lockdown [...]
“I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit”. "Remarks at a Closed-circuit Television Broadcast on Behalf of the National Cultural Center (527)," November 29, 1962, Public Papers [...]
Nature’s dangerous decline is dotted with recurrent catastrophes of epic proportions. Unprecedented rate of species extinction, nearly 10 lakh species threatened with extinction, breakdown and decline of indigenous communities, it is now time to focus on and to restore nature. ‘Time for Nature’ has come and is aptly the theme for World Environment Day, 2020[1]. [...]
. . First there were whispers. And slowly the hushed sounds grew louder. All the furniture, the fixtures, the lights, the plants, the computers, even the usually aloof and quiet copier machine jumped into the conversation. They had never seen the department empty for this long. Bharti Institute of Public Policy was the chirpiest and [...]
Covid19’s spread has become a major threat not only to life but also to livelihood. The Government of India and the State Governments have undertaken several measures to check Covid’s spread since the first confirmed case on 30th January 2020. One crucial and significant decision taken by the Government of India, was of a 21 [...]
It is a no-brainer that policy impacts our lives in countless ways. However, not many of us are willing to go that extra mile - efforts to understand the broader imperatives of policies and the impact they have on our day-to-day as well as future lives. Well, I admittedly never gave 'policy' a deserving examination, [...]
Mandar Kagade Analyst at the Bharti Institute expresses his views in the context of the recent proposal by transport regulators in Karnataka to prescribe both a floor and a cap price for cab aggregators operating in the state. Mandar feels the impact of minimum price mandates will have exactly the opposite effect in the market. [...]
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