On the House

Wednesday 18 November '09

Judicial and educational reform will be high on Parliament’s agenda....

Acres of change

Friday 2 October '09

Kamal Nath, Union road transport and highways minister, has proposed that any land acquired by NHAI be returned to the original land...

Marauders and acquisitions

Thursday 23 October '08

Any company would first have to purchase at least 70 per cent of the required land. As these would be contracts with willing sellers, the price would presumably be market-determined

How not to get Harvard

Thursday 19 July '07

Bill on foreign universities is a mix of thought control and extreme naivety about market

Good idea, bad law

Saturday 5 May '07

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007 relieves the state of its fundamental obligation and is riddled with loopholes

Beware of the ‘foreign’ hand

Thursday 21 December '06

The new bill on foreign contributions revives Emergency-era paranoia

House Check

Sunday 18 June '06

Between walkouts and interruptions, how much business gets done in Parliament? Do young ‘earnest’ MPs fill up the benches or is it the old timers who troop in regularly? Figures from the attendance records of MPs in both Houses tell the inside story