Independent regulators were established in the hope that decision-making would be depoliticised. The ambiguities of the Electricity Act make this difficult.
If the idea that regulatory reform is critical has been accepted, the next step lies in arriving at a consensus on what constitutes meaningful regulatory reform.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Isn’t what is most important that whoever is/are chosen as part of a regulatory body discharge his/her/their regulatory functions in an open, transparent, fair, and, most importantly, competent fashion rather than whether the person or persons chosen has/have been part of the civil service earlier or come from outside (private sector, academia, etc.)?
Isn’t what is most important that whoever is/are chosen as part of a regulatory body discharge his/her/their regulatory functions in an open, transparent, fair, and, most importantly, competent fashion rather than whether the person or persons chosen has/have been part of the civil service earlier or come from outside (private sector, academia, etc.)?