The government’s ambitious bill creating an overarching regulator for universities centralises power by another name. Beyond central universities and engineering colleges, it brings IITs and IIMs under its ambit, institutions that were previously outside UGC control. The result will be higher education institutions losing what little autonomy they currently possess.
SHANTI bill opens civil nuclear sector to private players. The 12-year delay has been costly
The SHANTI bill opening the civil nuclear sector to private players is long overdue reform. That it took 12 years to amend the law exposes what’s wrong with our political system. The delay has been costly: today, nuclear power accounts for just 1.6 per cent of India’s total energy mix.