[This Note was submitted to the Cabinet Secretary by E-Mail on 30-10-2024] The goal placed before the Kovind Committee was to find ways and means to conduct simultaneous elections in the country to avoid holding frequent elections, to reduce massive expenditure in elections, to reduce deployment of security forces and other electoral officers for significantly … Continue reading Comments on the Report of Kovind Committee

[This Note was submitted to the Cabinet Secretary by E-Mail on 23-10-2024] Summary Census is internationally recognized as small area statistics. Reforms in conducting censuses will bring about overall improvement in the entire statistical system. The allocation of subjects under the Allocation of Business Rules permitted compartmentalization in conducting censuses on different subjects by different … Continue reading How to conduct Censuses efficiently in India

(This Note was submitted to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.) It was reported in a section of the media that the Government of Andhra Pradesh is contemplating to conduct Skill Census. Obviously, the Census will throw light on the ground situation in respect of skills available, not available and not likely to be … Continue reading Skill Development in Andhra Pradesh

[This Note was sent to Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.] 1.        With public debt already crossing the limits prescribed under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, it may not be desirable to continue with the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council. To reduce the burden on the State Exchequer, it is suggested … Continue reading Some suggestions for the development of Andhra Pradesh

(This report, comprising five chapters and Bibliography, was submitted in February 2012 at IIM, Lucknow by my fellow ISS officers, S/ Shri Satyabrata Chakrabarti, Mukat Singh, Tapas Kumar Sanyal, and myself, as a requirement under Advanced Management Programme.) Acknowledgements:          We are deeply indebted to the IIM, Lucknow faculty, who during the course of their lectures … Continue reading Government Statistical System in India-Management Challenges and Opportunities