The 16th Finance Commission, chaired by Dr Arvind Panagariya, visited various States from 2023 onwards, held discussions, ...

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The Herald (Top Stories) Lovemore Kadzura-Mutare Bureau The Government is launching a new wave of high-impact projects designed to improve the lives of ordinary citizens, aligning with the Vision 2030 ...

The slow, arduous labour of democracy rarely announces itself with the fanfare of constitutional moments. It proceeds instead ...

Local councils have, over the years, attracted controversy over misuse of public resources, underutilisation of donor funds and poor-quality infrastructure. Councils, however, argue that while ...

The term “States’ Rights” is interpreted in many ways, but it refers to the separation of powers between states and the ...

LOCAL governments (LGs) represent the essential third tier of governance, responsible for connecting the state with citizens, and ensuring that democracy improves day-to-day life. In Pakistan, however ...

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has centralised procurement under the final cycle of the World Bank-funded ...

After seeing off the Governor, CM Vijayan returned to the Assembly and announced that Governor Arlekar had made changes to certain paragraphs of the policy speech.

Pakistan, Jan. 25 -- The ninth edition of Think Fest "Afkar-e-Taza" continued on its second day at the Lahore Arts Council Alhamra with remarkable intellectual depth, vibrant participation and a rich ...

IN a country that prides itself with democratic space, public schools operate under what the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom II) calls “memocracy” — a rigid culture where ...

In establishing a people-oriented bureaucracy, many perceive digitization as a solution to fight bureaucratic inefficiency, red-tape, corruption and abuses of power ...