Tribune Radio licence not in the people’s interest
The idea of a licence fee on TV and radio sets at the point of purchase is not new. At least twice in two decades such an idea was mooted. The government was collecting a licence fee on TV and radio sets through post offices, which was given up in 1975 after a review by a committee of which this writer was a member. By N BHASKARA RAO
Pioneer The trouble with bureaucracy
Every Government wants to change the administration for the better. It is a noble ambition, but most of them flounder as the initial enthusiasm gets overtaken by the day's pressing problems, writes JOGINDER SINGH
Water and river management
in South Asia Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
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