Public Policy 101
Indian State has struggled for a very long time to decide the When, What and How's of creating an effective public policy. More often than not the State tends to overestimate its capacity or overuse its powers. The result? A long series of policy interventions that are either not needed or not backed by enough data or are outright failures in implementation. The brilliant book - " In The Service of Republic " by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah is aimed at bridging this major gap in our ecosystem - a formal guideline for State intervention in Markets or Society. Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah bring their vast experience in economics and public policy domain to create this masterpiece. While every politician, civil servant, academic and any policy wonk should have this book by her bedside, I am trying to capture a quick gist of this book here. Again, this is just a trailer and may not do a complete justice to the fantastic movie that this book is! A. Fo...