Public Policy

Euthanasia debate: 'Living will' to die has potential for misuse, not viable as public policy, Centre tells SC

The government opposed granting recognition to "living will" in cases of passive euthanasia, telling Supreme Court that it could be misused

WIPO ranks India as top global exporter of information, computers and telecom services

It ranked 104th in pupil-teacher ratio in secondary schools, 106th in ICT access, 108th in environment performance, and more importantly only 114th in ease of doing business and 118th in ease of paying taxes.

Donald Trump's tweets to be archived if proposed COVFEFE Act becomes law

From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labelling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker's proposed COVFEFE Act becomes law.

Google India celebrates Safer Internet Day 2017 with "Be the change: unite for a better internet"

Many internet users in India are coming online for the first time and there is a need to simplify ways to make them safe, a Google executive said here on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Jaitley emphasises that India needs to undergo rapid urbanisation in next 2 decades

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday stressed on India's need to urbanise rapidly in the next two decades in line with its present development in order to relieve the pressure on agriculture.

Nitish launches 'Bihar@2025' campaign to ensure public participation in policy making

The state government on Tuesday launched an ambitious campaign 'Bihar@2025' to ensure public participation in policy making and to produce a vision document on development for the next 10 years.

Public policy crisis: Netas and IAS babus united against science

Compared to other advanced countries, the Indian government treats science and scientists as irrelevant to public policymaking.