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India Inc's governance score improves marginally in 2021, shows IiAS study

20 companies were in the 'Leadership' category, against 11 in 2020 and six in 2019. These included Airtel, Cipla, HDFC Life, Marico and Tata Motors among others

Democracy is in deep peril in Bengal, no constitutional norms: Dhankhar

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that democracy is in deep peril in the state adding that the governance is also away from constitutional norms

The coming wave of shareholder activism

With investors beginning to ask the right questions, markets are set to change for the better

Good governance despite differences

Governance is perceived as an abstruse and technical subject, connecting the three dots of accounting, legal, and regulatory

TN will follow a 'data base, data centric' governance model: Official

The Tamil Nadu government would adopt and follow a "data base, data centric" governance and the projects announced would be 'farsighted', additional chief secretary S Krishnan said on Friday

India chapter of Internet Governance Forum launched, to host 3-day session

Starting August 2021, multiple Pre-IIGF engagement events will be held at several colleges and universities, as a precursor to the IIGF Inaugural event beginning Oct 20

While politicians can lose their jobs, no other public servant can

What is it about our structure of governance that impedes governments?

The path to herd mortality

The pandemic has changed the way people look at the government, says Devangshu Datta

Massive overhaul

Cabinet reshuffle signals govt's willingness to improve performance

India Inc fares well on environmental, social and governance disclosures

Parameters where India scored high included policy on equal voting rights (100 per cent), policy on community involvement (99 per cent), and CSR sustainability reporting (98 per cent)

Amidst pandemic, technology ensured uninterrupted governance: Ajay Sawhney

Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, said on Friday that Indian IT industry showcased its best potential and offered highly innovative solutions to ensure the continuation of governance with utmost efficiency during these highly unprecedented times.Addressing a webinar organized by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), Sawhney said, "Indian IT Industry has rapidly adjusted to the new environment and added that the Aarogya Setu has reinvented itself as Vaccine Passport and has the possibility to leverage wide reach to bring more health services and to become a citizen-facing front-end as National Digital Health Mission develops."Sawhney said there was a pressing need to step up manufacturing of both software and hardware products in order to reduce dependence on imports from different countries. "Entrepreneurs and companies need to move aggressively in this area. The National Policy on Software Products has ...

The bureaucracy has devised its own way of decision-making in uncertainty

It has always been slow and often erratic, but now issues of personal loyalty to political bosses have also begun to deface it.

The credibility problem of governments

Many govts think they can recover from serious reverses. In fact, however, they almost never do. In such situations, the most important national task becomes to restore their credibility and authority

Higher tech investment in realty will lead to better governance: Parekh

Investment in property technology, including digital backbone, should increase efficiency through real-time monitoring of real estate projects

Raising learning outcomes in backward areas linked to improving governance

KEF is working with the state and district officials to resolve many archaic, pre-colonial rules and procedures

The trust deficit

Transparency and consultation are vital to governance

Cholamandalam Investment MD Arun Alagappan quits, to step down on Feb 14

Will assume larger responsibilities within the Group, say Sources

Exit was outcome of being truthful and ethical: Dhanalaxmi Bank's Gurbaxani

In a Q&A the lender's MD and CEO dwells on the drama surrounding his ouster at the AGM and how the directors pressurised him to quit after he raised various Governance issues

MyGov to focus on having more state chapters, campus ambassadors: CEO

The platform, launched in July 2014, has 13 million users who contribute their ideas through discussions

Banks' chief compliance officers to report to CEO, board committee: RBI

The new norm is at variance with what was suggested in the discussion paper on governance in commercial banks released by RBI in June 2020