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What BharatNet can learn from the rural-roads scheme: involve states, local bodies, private sector
- May 20, 2020
BharatNet appears to be foundering. It has a top-down approach with little involvement of the states, implementing agencies, or vendors. In contrast, PMGSY, considered a success, works in a bottom-up manner. Its implementation mechanism involves a dedicated agency from the user ministry, PWD, rural-road development agencies, gram panchayats, private operators, etc.
Read more →Why India functions the way it does
- February 10, 2020
Ever wondered who gains from the way we work?
Read more →Save telecom with a reprise of NTP-99
- February 07, 2020
Radical steps are needed to fix the telecom crisis
Read more →The Telecom Crisis is an NPA Problem
- December 15, 2019
After interim relief for telecom, structural reforms must follow.
Read more →Traffic Rules, Mindset and On-Time Payments
- September 26, 2019
There's no alternative to following the rules and working together with discipline for our common interests.
Read more →Fix Problems Before Complete Failure
- July 31, 2019
We need some real solutions on the ground. Examples - Jet Airways post mortem findings applied as the way forward for difficult NPAs; and a radical change of course a
Read more →Fostering Strategic Convergence in US-India Tech Relations: 5G and Beyond
- July 05, 2019
The 2019 G-20 summit underscores the importance of fostering strategic convergence in U.S.-India tech relations.
Read more →5G Aspirations and Realities
- July 02, 2019
What the government can do for 5G and Digital India with a Systems Approach.
Read more →Democracy, Digital India and Networks
- June 09, 2019
Digitisation and democracy are ruled by the ineluctable dynamics of networks.
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