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Satya Mohanty Former Secretary, GOvt of India Regardless of the regime, the exercise of State power against the citizens in India has often been far from benign. It has mostly been brutal, to say the least. What has happened of late is the expansion of the definition of crime to include IPC offences under draconian special laws like UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act), a kind of carte blanche for acting with impunity, with the judiciary being largely ineffective as a bulwark against such use of excessive and arbitrary powers. In addition, a discriminatory legalism has come in. Dissidents get the wrong end of it, while those close to the establishment can fearlessly move ahead. ....
Odisha STF arrests 3 in spurious anti-Covid drugs trade | Bhubaneswar News indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
845 Satya Mohanty Former Secretary, Govt of India THE Indian State has not been the strongest and there are several reasons for feeble State capacity paucity of funds and manpower, pork-barrel politics and multiple objectives without the wherewithal to achieve them. But during a crisis, every time the State has been pulled by the bootstraps, it has delivered when the promise was faint. The technical cadre, bureaucracy, the states and municipalities often rose to the occasion. What we have seen in New Delhi amid the second wave of Covid-19 is not just a collapse of a rickety system, but everyone running around like headless chicken. No longer do people look to the State, which has clearly betrayed the trust in failing to plan ahead during this pandemic. And perhaps more so because no plan was being made adequately, it left everyone to his own devices. Planning not only involves thinking in advance, but it also exponentially improves response. Right from the Napol ....