Business Enabling Environment

Regulatory frameworks, if designed well, can fuel the engine of global economic growth and ensure better economic outcomes. In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, this fuel assumes more importance for global economic recovery. We focus on clearing out regulatory cholesterol through easily navigable and simple legal frameworks. By relying on evidence based policy analysis and the principles of the Rule of Law, we advocate for efficient and robust public administrative processes in ensuring a Business Enabling Environment and Ease of Doing Business.

Repeal Law Day

Centre of Civil Society (CCS) initiated the 'Repeal of 100 Laws' Project in 2014 with the aim to identify laws that could be repealed on account of three reasons

Legislative Analysis 3: The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008

Detailing the 6 changes that the Centre requests be made to the Right to Education Bill, 2008.

Author / Edited by:
CCS Team

Food Stamps: A Model for India

Food security has always been one of the most pressing issues in India. Debates are largely concerned about which method to employ to ensure the availability of food to those who cannot afford it. Finance Minister P Chidambaram has proposed to experiment with food stamps in a cluster of districts of a few states to judge the viability of the scheme. This policy review describes the experience of countries in which this policy has already been implemented and proposes a Food Stamp Model for India.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

Liberty & Society Series 5: The Ethics of Liberty

Free market champions recognize that all people have good and bad as part of their character. The danger is when people have great power to impose their will on others. Doing good things for people does not require the initiation of force. Doing bad things does. A truly free society isn’t perfect, but limiting power simply limits the damage that people can do to others on a grand scale through politics.

Author / Edited by:
Ken Scholland

Liberty & Society Series 6: Courage, Fear & Immigration

The Significance of Welcoming Newcomers in a Market Economy.

Author / Edited by:
Ken Scholland

Liberty & Society Series 7 : Samajik Parivartan aur Lok Niti

What is public policy? A public policy is basically a law or rule that is enforced by any level of government, whether central, state, or local. Our activist judiciary also makes public policy: that all public transport in Delhi must run on CNG, for example, was a Supreme Court decree.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

Liberty & Society Series 7: Social Change & Public Policy

What is public policy? A public policy is basically a law or rule that is enforced by any level of government, whether central, state, or local. Our activist judiciary also makes public policy: that all public transport in Delhi must run on CNG, for example, was a Supreme Court decree.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shaha

Liberty & Society Series 9: New Public Management

This monograph explores how principles of business management can be applied to the field of public administration, thereby increasing accountability, transparency and efficiency in government functioning. The core principles of NPM are explored, which, when well-applied, help create a system where the public sector functions more efficiently and is accountable to the people.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

INDIABEFORE91

1991 is known as a watershed year for India—signaled by a systemic shift to a more open economy with greater reliance upon markets, a larger role for the private sector including of foreign investment, and a restructuring of the role of government.

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