It is a chilly winter morning in Chandigarh. Pramod Kumar is in deep discussion with retired judge KS Grewal and Additional Director General of Police SK Sharma at a roomy office in the Institute for Development and Communications on how to stop harassment of women in public places. “Perhaps,” he suggests, “we should suspend driving licences of those who harass women, or deny police verification for passports.” Justice Grewal says that the issue is complex, but promises to think of ways to tackle it. Pramod Kumar is chairman of the Punjab State Governance Reforms Commission (GRC), currently the fount of ideas to improve governance in the state.
(This story appears in the 25 January, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Mr. Badal\'s clan was caught in an assets disproportionate to known sources of income case. The case was withdrawn because the prosecution, that is Mr. Badal\'s government made all witnesses resile include the IPS officials and Revenue officials who had provided sworn testimony. All state licenses for sand, gravel, liquor, bus routes, vanity license plates etc. are appropriated by the Badals and Majithia his brother in law. Meadia is owned by the Badal (PTC) channel, Pramod Kumar\'s institute is depend on the government for funds, where do you see any hope of development in this article?
on Jan 18, 2013