Articles for Governance

One urban planner for every 75,000 people in urban India

The Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO) of the central government has sanctioned posts of 25 urban planners while 26 states have 1,563 such posts

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'A Hackathon That Connects Data To Policy Challenges'

Dr Charity Troyer Moore, India Director, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) PolicyHack spoke to Lakshya Rathore on the sidelines of one of India's first Policy Hackathons, held on April 18 - 19, 2015 in New Delhi

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Better resource management and equitable access is the 'smart' way forward

Former Urban Development Secretary Dr. M Ramachandran talks to BW Smart Cities on better managing existing urban facilities, conserving precious resources for smarter cities and more

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Plan to take digital technology to 100-cr Indians by 2020: Minister

India has put in place adequate safeguards to ensure that digital technology is not misused says Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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ITA an obstacle for domestic electronic manufacturing: Govt

The Information Technology Agreement has also resulted in trade imbalances, with DeitY flagging the rising security implications of IT goods being imported under the agreement

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Building Smart for India

With a target of 100 million homes by 2022 set by the government, innovation for faster construction is the need of the hour

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Smart can be Simple: A view from Estonia

The small nation of Estonia has taken giant leaps of faith in using technology to give a new meaning to the phrase 'at the click of a button'

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Dial 1031: Anti-corruption helpline revived in Delhi

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind kejriwal has promised that in five years Delhi will be ranked among top corruption-free cities in the world and has asked all government officials to publicise the helpline number

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