R K Pachnanda

A Robust healthcare infrastructure

November 6, 2024

The Modi government has made gigantic strides in healthcare since 2014, focusing on expanding access to medical services, improving medical infrastructure and percolating healthcare to all the crevices of the country through the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, which is the largest healthcare programme in the world. This programme, launched in 2018,...

The New Criminal Laws – A civil liberty centric approach

July 2, 2024

The Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam are set to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from July. While inaugurating a work shop, organized by the Ministry of Law and Justice,...

Prime Minister’s Mission Merit

April 3, 2024

Transparency and accountability are the touchstones of governance” in the words of Prime Minister Modi. Every society craves for good governance because it is good governance which decides and describes their well being, their future and the overall progress of the nation - be it economic development, technological prowess, robust...

Importance of One Nation, One Election

September 28, 2023

PM Modi’s pitch for “one nation, one election” has been the need of the nation for decades. Elections take place regularly and periodically - whether it is parliamentary elections, assembly elections, bye-elections, panchayat elections and local body/corporation elections. Each state government is in a frenzy of some elections or the...

The making of new India

April 29, 2023

The last nine years of the history of our great country have been exceptionally remarkable for the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with his motto of ‘Seva, Sushasan and Antyodaya’, noted that the Amrit Mahotsav is a festival of awakening of the nation and fulfilling the dream of good governance,...

Powering India’s push for a Green India

March 31, 2023

In the post-budget webinar on green growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed that “India has been the fastest in renewable energy capacity addition among major economies since 2014. The potential of solar, wind and biogas in India is no less than any gold mine or oil field for our private...