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In praise of boring governance
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< "If any
crack develops in the judicial system, it will have an adverse impact on the
other wings of democracy -- the legislature as well as the executive,"
Dattu said.
Justice Dattu was of the view
that as a custodian of fundamental rights, the judiciary needs some time to
assess and ascertain facts before delivering what he termed real justice.
On pending cases, he said the judiciary needs to decide every case on merit and also within the framework of the law. Many cases that could have been decided in the lower courts, often reach the Supreme Court and it should stop, he added. >
On pending cases, he said the judiciary needs to decide every case on merit and also within the framework of the law. Many cases that could have been decided in the lower courts, often reach the Supreme Court and it should stop, he added. >
In praise of boring governance
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| Yashwant Sinha: time for bold reforms ...< cautioned that “the government should act, and should be seen as acting, on livelihood issues and quality of life issues. Hopefully the next year’s Union Budget will cater to this area also,” he said.....
He acknowledged that the corporate world was “frustrated” with the delay
in bringing out new policies. At the same time, he added: “Reforms in
India have always been very difficult and elude consensus among
political parties.”>
Need of the times is not simply 'bold' but profoundly righteous and ideal, not ideological, 'reforms' ; more so, "the people oriented". Diligent Monitoring and effective surveillance of the machinery -that is, of the "concerned authorities" , lowliest to the top, - empowered, and entrusted with duties, hence expected to take care of the implementation and enforcement, that have been in short supply/perennially in deficit, require to be geared up and galvanized. For, after all, "the proof of the pudding is to be seen in its eating". |
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Brains and Brands
During the last 10 days, I have had several surprising brushes with a rather esoteric area of science that has begun impacting marketing — consumer neuroscience.
Just a few days later, in Singapore, I met up with Gemma Calvert, a senior fellow at the Institute of Asian Consumer Insight. An internationally renowned cognitive neuroscientist, she is the founder of a firm called Neurosense.
She spoke to me about how neuroscience is rapidly unlocking the consumer
brain and how strong skepticism of the early years has given way to
growing acceptance of the findings of this powerful science. For
instance, it is now acknowledged that around 90 per cent of our behavior is driven by our subconscious brain — and our emotions, not
our conscious thoughts, are largely responsible for the decisions we
make. Imagine the impact of this on understanding consumer behavior.
Bag and the Bhat
It’s funny. ....in Europe and just shows the new
sensation Alia Bhat walking around in different dresses, carrying different
handbags from the Caprese collection. Made by Company, the film has a very
pleasing look about it and the use of the celebrity serves its purpose to
increase awareness in the right way about the brand. At the end of the film,
Alia says “I’m a Caprese girl”, and that’s about the entire “dialogue” in the
film. The
problem is in deciding whether you can take your eyes off the fetching Alia to
take in the details of the handbags.
Mr Brief says
Shall one say, - missing (not see) the handbags for 'fetching Alia' ; simply for fun, to rhyme with the Proverb, - not see the wood for the trees
TOI
The promised simplification of the direct tax code has been in wait for
too long, to make one anymore believe that it has not been shelved at
least for now. Notably, that has happened /been inevitable, especially
because of the scathing but well reasoned criticism from learned circles
against some, if not all, of the drastic changes conceived of and
proposed to be covered, but pima facie nowhere meeting the need urged
for making the law simple and tax payer friendly, with the least scope
for long drawn disputes and endless but infractions litigating, often
right up to the apex court. With this in the backdrop, the FM should
think on the lines of bringing in at least those widely-clamored-for
changes, in already identified areas crying loud for rationalization.
For instance, (a) doing away with / liberalizing the extant time limits
such as for ‘roll over investment’, to qualify for CGT exemption, (b)
substantially raising the wealth tax threshold limit to a currently
realistic level, so on. Not but not least, all such modifications should
be made in a manner as to avoiding once for all the thus-far /
historically prolonged disgusting consequences, mainly for reasons of
inept / mindless drafting; and thereby ushering in a new era of clarity
and ready comprehensibility of the "intention" behind any enactment. May
be, there could probably be many more, of the like, which experts of eminence , with
a public-centric disposition, be provoked to proffer, ultimately proving for the
‘common good’,- of the taxpayers, and in no small measure, of the Revenue
itself, in the long run.
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