(This article was submitted for consideration of the High-Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Former President of India. Some of the ideas given in this article were of my Guruji, Late Shri Chiruvolu Durgaprasada Rao, who sent a note on ‘Election Reforms’ in the early seventies to the then Prime Minister, … Continue reading Suggestions on one nation, one election issue

(This was submitted to the Hon’ble Minister of Statistics & PI and the Chief Statistician of India on 26-04-2021) Subject:       Proposal of MOSPI dated 17-08-2020 to amend the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 in the context of decriminalisation of minor offences for improving business sentiment and unclogging court processes. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme … Continue reading Comments on the proposal of MOSPI dated 17-08-2020 to amend the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008

[This note was submitted to the Election Commission of India.] The National Statistical Commission under the chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan (2001) recommended [please see Reference (1)] for conferring statutory status to the Commission on the lines of what has been done in the United Kingdom (UK). In the UK, under the terms of their … Continue reading Protocols for statistical activities in the Government during elections

(This note was submitted to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India) Summary:    The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 has been underutilised due to weaknesses in its implementation and misconceptions about its applicability to private sector information. Assessing the effectiveness of the law, only based on number of RTI applications and percentage of applications responded … Continue reading Need to amend the RTI Act: Some suggestions

[This paper was sent for the consideration of the 22nd Law Commission] Abstract: Uniform Civil Code (UCC) deals with marriage, divorce, maintenance, inheritance, adoption, and succession of property, and in the process addresses discrimination against vulnerable groups and harmonizes various cultural practices. UCC is a long-awaited dream for those who respect the rule of law. … Continue reading Suggestions on Uniform Civil Code

(This article was sent by E-mail to Shri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy garu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for his use in resolving the issue surrounding the capital for the State. It was also sent by E-mail to the Editor, The New Indian Express for publication if considered suitable.) The issue of providing capital … Continue reading Providing capital (s) for a new State

(This note was submitted on 30-12-2012 to Justice J. S. Verma committee which was set up after the Nirbhaya incident of December 2012) The Law Commission in its 172nd report, on Review of Rape Laws, submitted to the Government in March, 2000 recommended changes in the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and in the … Continue reading On amending criminal law on sexual assault cases

Any tax system shall be simple, logical, self-sustaining and shall promote patriotism. In Indian conditions, direct taxes and indirect taxes, being levied at Central level, State level or at the level of a local Government, shall be complimentary to each other, in the sense that what is difficult to collect in the form of indirect … Continue reading Taxation system – My views