Posts : Delhi

National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) for Delhi but what about Bangalore

Sanjeev - 15-APR-2014

Dt : 11th July'2013

Alarming air quality scene in India

murali772 - 27-JAN-2014

But for the first three weeks of this year, New Delhi’s average daily peak reading of fine particulate matter from Punjabi Bagh, a monitor whose readings are often below those of other city and independent monitors, was 473, more than twice as high as the average of 227 in Beijing.

Can Sheila Dikshit make a success of water supply outsourcing?

murali772 - 21-JUL-2012

Spurred by the success of power distribution privatisation in Delhi (check this), the Sheila Dikshit government is looking seriously at privatisation of water distribution also.

many questions about UIDAI by Home Minister

Public Agenda - 28-NOV-2011

many questions about UIDAI by Home Minister

Public Agenda - 21-OCT-2011

IN many ways the open debate was long overdue with salvos fired against UID by the Home Ministry, Planning commission, security analysts jurists and civil society.  Now its is clear that it is patronage that has kept UID alive for so long. Patronage by PM to Nandan means the power equations are also becoming apparent

Namma Railu Effect - New Delhi to have trains connecting nearby towns!

kbsyed61 - 29-JUN-2011

If "Rediff" news items is to be believed, New Delhi will soon have "High Speed" A/C trains connecting Delhi and nearby towns. Every aspect of this proposal is what PRAJA's Namma Railu campaign has been so far.

Delhi's bus privatization experiment

Naveen - 24-SEP-2010

Excerpts from a 2007 paper about details of Delhi's city bus privatization process is reproduced below :

DCE- DTU Controversy - An Alumnus' Perspective

shekhar_mittal - 15-MAR-2010

It has turned into a fortress. From the looks of it more than 300 cops have been deployed. In its almost 60 year history, that too in the middle of the internal examinations, for the first time  Delhi College of Engineering is witnessing a student strike!

Railways to privatize

murali772 - 9-FEB-2010

Attempting an image makeover after opposing most major projects in her home state of West Bengal, railway minister Mamata Banerjee seemed to be going over the top in a bid to privatize every sector of the Indian Railways.

Stretcher cases and our money

murali772 - 7-JAN-2010

It is an extraordinary system where an equipment manufacturer for the telecom industry turns sick and remains sick just as an epoch-making boom takes place in the sector. Lakhs of private units make losses and are unable to cope with the market; only, they don’t have an automatic tap in the public treasury to keep going that way.