Understanding the Land Acquisition Bill: Politics, changes and impact

It is hard to believe before the UPA Government brought the amendments to the Land Acquisition Law in 2013 that we were following the so-called The Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a 120-year-old legislation. The 1894 More...

Reason and due procedure, not emotion and activism will solve Black Money case

(This was sent by an IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Shwetank Bhushan) The most pertinent question is, if we want a lawful state or we just want to take out our frustration? I do not understand, why names against More...

IndiaFacts Interview with Suresh Prabhu

One of the key appointments made by the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government has been that of former Power Minister, Suresh Prabhu, who now heads the advisory panel on the integrated power, coal, and renewable energy More...

NDA to UPA: How the UPA destroyed education

IIT Bombay was ranked at #36 in U.S. News & World Report’s World’s Best Colleges and Universities rankings based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings identified these to be More...

Rahul Gandhi: A Multi-Fact Meter

Note: This is a departure from IndiaFacts’ usual format of a Fact Meter, which typically involves a single assertion or claim followed by an examination of the facts and then followed by the Fact Meter More...