The Indian Civil Service Needs Servicing Saumitra Mohan In a classical democracy, it is the elected executive, which is supposed to lead the Government of the day in terms of charting out a customized path to the desired development based on the needs perceived and felt by it. However, it is always the permanent executive i.e. the bureaucracy which not only provides a semblance of stability between many elected governments which come and go, but also ensures the systematic execution of the developmental schemes and prog...
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Strengthening Security in Naxal Affected Areas Saumitra Mohan With none other than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself admitting Naxalite insurgency to be the country’s deadliest internal threat to security, security in Naxal affected areas has always been a challenge to reckon with. However, some intelligent thinking in recent times has ...
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Tackling LWE Menace Through A Holistic Approach Saumitra Mohan The problem of left wing extremism (LWE) has often been linked to the alleged development deficit in the country. The Union and the state governments have been trying to deal with the problem in a holistic manner through better synergy in the areas of security, development, ensuring rights of local communities, improvement in governance and public perception management. An integrated approach, as charted through careful study and planning, aims at the relatively more affected areas for being a...
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Facing the Negative Portents of Nation Building Saumitra Mohan The perceived crumbling of Washington Consensus has belied all expectations from the celebrated victory of liberal capitalism. Many feel that the ‘invisible hand’ of the laissez faire economy has been hiding long enough to notice any sign of a trickle-down effect. The stentorian call for rolling back the state as emerging in the wake of the end of the C...