Centre for Comparative Studies
January 22, 2016
CPPR’s 11th Quarterly Lecture on ‘Governance and Accountability’ was delivered by Dr Jacob Thomas IPS, Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala Police Housing Construction and Corporation Ltd. The lecture was conducted by Centre for Public Policy Research on January […]
January 20, 2016
We need less public servants and less policies, but more entrepreneurs says Dr Jacob Thomas IPS, at the 11th CPPR Quarterly Lecture The 11th Quarterly Lecture organized by Centre for Public Policy Research explored the issues of Governance […]
January 11, 2016
KOCHI: In an apparent dig at the UDF Government, DGP Jacob Thomas on Thursday asked whether there was a government in Kerala. Delivering the 11th quarterly lecture on ‘Governance and Accountability’ organised by the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) […]
January 9, 2016
The Ease of Doing Business is a very current and recurring theme these days. The latest report by the World Bank positions India at 130th Rank. The current government wants to support the activities of the state governments in […]
January 6, 2016
CPPR’s 11th Quarterly Lecture on ‘Governance and Accountability’ will be delivered by Dr. Jacob Thomas IPS, Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala Police Housing Construction and Corp Ltd.The CPPR Quarterly Lecture has become a platform for thought leaders from different areas who […]
January 4, 2016
The Ease of Doing Business is a very current and recurring theme these days. The latest report by the World Bank positions India at 130thRank. The current government has been aggressively pushing initiatives in easing doing business by providing a […]
January 1, 2016
The recent development in terms of strategic security in the Indian subcontinent grabbed many eyeballs. The 5th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process was underway in December 8-9 in Islamabad. It was devoted to the themes of security […]
December 22, 2015
The Centre for Comparative Studies, one among the three specialised study centres of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) hosted a talk by Mr. Aneish P Rajan IRS on Goods and Services Tax; its concept and its concerns. […]
December 21, 2015
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government has completed 18 months at the center. India registered an impressive 7.4% yoy GDP growth for the July-Sep’15 time period. Whilst the government can take pride in the top line growth, the […]
December 19, 2015
Climate change, how real is it? Two decades have passed since the issue of climate change and its global impact has made media headlines, led to several rounds of diplomatic negotiations and inspired countless disaster movies. While, global public opinion […]
December 18, 2015
The (COP21) 2015 Paris talks on climate change leading to the agreement signed by 195 nations was the most significant conference since Copenhagen as countries had set themselves a deadline of 2015 for coming up with a legally-binding deal that […]
December 7, 2015
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a Government of India’s flagship programme launched in 2001 for the achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner. SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the […]
December 1, 2015
Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India; Designated Director General, TERI -The Energy and Resources Institute, delivered the Inaugural Address during the International Conference on ‘Climate Change Paradigms’. The Conference was organized […]
November 30, 2015
by Dr. Varun Sivaram* In the future, both developed and developing economies may converge toward distributed electricity systems. The emergence of technologies for efficient distributed power generation and storage alongside those for intelligently operating a distributed system holds benefits […]
November 30, 2015
Dr D Dhanuraj, Chairman Centre for Public Policy Research, was interviewed on 26th November via telephone by Ms Shereen Bhan from CNBC TV 18 on Ban of Alcohol in Bihar. Facts shown at the discussion were taken […]