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Book Release: ‘The Emergency: Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’, authored by Dr. A. Surya Prakash

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on June 25th 2018, organised a book release ceremony for the release of the book, ‘The Emergency - Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’, penned by Dr. A. Surya Prakash, eminent political commentator a....

August 08, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Indian democracy , Indian Constitution , Fundamental Rights , Vice President

Founding of a ‘Higher Education Commission of India’

Rajesh Singh Commentary

The Union Government’s decision to abolish the University Grants Commission (UGC) and replace it with a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), has been widely welcomed by experts in the education sector. Though some of them have expressed res....

August 06, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Higher Education Commission of India , Higher Education Reform

Swaran Singh Committee and 39th - 42nd Amendments

Dr Makkhan Lal Article

The Final Phase

Between the 1973 and 1975 several amendments came in but after the imposition of emergency on midnight of the 25 June, 1975, the Constitution was also made to suffer. One after another, amendments were carried out by a Par....

July 31, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Constitution Aamendments , 42 nd Amendment , Attack onFundamental Rights

Fundamental Rights and the Constitutional Amendments (1947-1977)

Dr Makkhan Lal Article

The Constitution of India came in force on 26 January 1950. In the Constitution, Fundamental Rights (Part-III of the Constitution) of the citizens and the Independent Judiciary have been considered as most sacred and precious. The Fundamental Rights ....

July 20, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Fundamental Rights , Constitutional provisions

Understanding MSP’s Role in Boosting Agriculture

Rajesh Singh Article

Earlier this month, the Union Government made an important intervention to ease agrarian distress across the country. The Cabinet announced an increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif season, which works out to a ....

July 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Minimum support prices , Farming crisis , MSP concerns

India’s Looming Drinking Water Crisis

Rajesh Singh Commentary

NITI Aayog has warned of a crisis that must make policymakers and the rest of us act now, and not later, because later could be too late. The danger the panel has spoken of has not been considered important enough for prime time television debates an....

July 06, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Looming water crisis , Water Management Strategy

क्षेत्रीय पार्टियों और गठबंधन की राजनीति का उदय तथा इसके खतरे

RNP Singh Article

भारत में बहुदलीय व्यवस्था है। अनुमान है कि आजादी के बाद से भारत में 2100 से अधिक पंजीकृत राजनीतिक �....

June 29, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , भारत में बहुदलीय व्यवस्था , क्षेत्रवाद गठबंधन की राजनीति

आगे के चुनौती भरे समय में भारत को सोचने होंगे नए तरीके

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने विदेश नीति के क्षेत्र में हाल ही में एकदम नई सोच का प्रदर्शन किया है। इससे ....

June 27, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , विदेश नीति के नई सोच , भारत के कूटनीतिक मोर्चे

Report of the UN High Commissioner on “Kashmir”: Promotion of Human Rights or creating a controversy?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussain submitted his Report on “Kashmir” on 14th June, 2018. The Report comes at a time when the Human Rights Council (HRC) has just begun its session in Geneva. The timing could be a coinc....

June 27, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , HRC Report on “Kashmir” , UN report legitimises terrorism