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The Editorials in the past week discussed issues such as the need for the ruling party and the Opposition to forge a consensus in Parliament and how the Opposition, with its greater strength should demand accountability from the government. The other topics analysed were the tepid response to the recent spectrum auctions and how the government should move to a system where spectrum can be procured on demand, how the Centre’s announcement of MSP hikes on pulses, millets and oilseeds are welcome given the delay in sowing this season, and why the Centre’s diktat to the media on self-declaration that ads comply with extant rules needs fine-tuning.
On the occasion of National Statistics Day (June 29), Prasu Jain and Prakhar Garg in their article talk about the legendary PC Mahalanobis and his lasting contribution to data collection and sample surveys and how they were key to policymaking and nation building.
In his fortnightly column Line and Length, TCA Srinivasa Raghavan argues that the time is ripe for the Modi government to leave a lasting legacy by reforming the tax system that will ensure stability in the years to come.
Aditya Sinha in his article ‘The civic duty disconnect’ discusses the intricate relationship between the state and the citizens and how a sense of civic duty informs the willingness of citizens to pay taxes in return of the public goods they demand from the government.
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