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View: How India can minimize the use of 'discretion' in public policy SECTIONS Last Updated: May 19, 2021, 11:11 PM IST Share Synopsis In addition to the discretion legislation or policy officially granted to decision-makers, they now also got the discretion on how it should be interpreted. This tendency continues till today. Agencies Hardayal Singh The writer was chief commissioner, Income-Tax Despite the economic reforms of the 1990s, the Indian economy remains heavily regulated. As a result, the ordinary citizen has to expend considerable time, money and energy unproductively merely to com...

Stepping up the fight against corruption For a clean polity Tough action against errant government officials will increase accountability   -  istock.com× By making it mandatory for govt officials and even party functionaries to file property returns, Odisha has raised the bar Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took everyone by surprise recently when he declared that all State government officials and functionaries of the Biju Janata Dal, including himself, would henceforth be mandatorily required to file their property returns with the Lok Ayukta at the end of every year. Further, all ...