Gauri Neo Rampal

V iews of Indian Economists on Agricultural Reforms :-   1.        All the wrong turns by Shri TCA Ranganthan & Shri  TCA Srinivasan Raghavan    2.      India Unlimited : reclaiming the lost gloy by Shri Arvind Panagriya     3.       In Service of the Republic by Shri Vijay Kelkar and Shri Ajay Shah     The authors discuss how alternative model acts for agricultural reforms have been considered since 2003 to give boost to agricultural sector. These reforms suggestions included :- ·         establishment of open markets ·         allowing private players ·         direct marketing ·         contract farming ·         establishment of more purchase centers · ...

( In picture, you see progress in digitisation of court hearings and filings - an urgent need in covid times. ) A civil suit related to property matters can take anywhere between 46 years to 100 years from subordinate courts to Supreme Courts.  The fault lies in lofty procedures of civil and criminal procedure codes.  - archaic forms of serving summons, sign of judge mandatory on summons - adjournments on notice, summons, etc. - sign of judge mandatory in supplying copy of documents, orders etc for copying section. - execution etc. Suggestions :- A) Copying section - officer / clerk of copying section should be the competent authority to supply certified copies and the same should he done mandatorily within 2 working days.  B) Procedure of serving summons/ notice - should be simultaneous instead of consecutive. Electronic summons - email whatsapp courier proclamation publication should be allowed to be done on first hearing itself. There should not be adjournm...