Licence was first suspended last March, months after an income tax ‘survey’ of think tank’s premises. Institute says its policy reports are being equated with current affairs programming.
It's due to CPR’s success that Delhi now has Carnegie India and Centre for Social and Economic Progress. But CPR stands out nonetheless—it remains distinctly Indian.
In assessment of 10 state-level bodies in Indo-Gangetic plain, think tank CPR has found them ill-equipped to manage air pollution. Lack of technical expertise also cited as factor.
Respondents commend civil servants’ actions to deal with pandemic, express low regard for political executive’s ability to effectively communicate with people.
The Accountability Initiative working paper says state finances were already under pressure before the Covid-19 pandemic struck due to lower tax devolution and GST compensation.
Speaking at CPR Dialogues 2020, T.V. Somanathan, secretary in Department of Expenditure, said lateral entries should be based on merit & not on political connections.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Most NGOs are just a front for the Chinese Communist Party. They should be shut down & the kingpins prosecuted.