by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Oct 30, 2026 | Governance
Regulating Drug Prices The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta are to examine the central government’s response on how it plans to regulate trade margins — not just in oncology drugs, but across the wider pharmaceutical and medical...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Sep 30, 2026 | Governance
Answering Ethnic Aspirations in Nagaland The Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority borrows from Bodoland and Darjeeling, but its success will depend on how much power, money and political space Kohima actually gives it As one travels east after crossing Siliguri —...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Sep 29, 2026 | Governance
Time for a Political deal in Darjeeling Any permanent political solution to the Gorkha issue in Darjeeling will involve questions relating to the 6th Schedule of the Constitution Istarted my professional career in the IAS as the sub-divisional magistrate in Kalimpong...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Jul 17, 2026 | Governance
Pema Khandu’s Biggest Political Challenge An Arunachal Pradesh Act, passed unanimously by its legislature 48 years ago, when it was still a Union Territory, has stirred the hornet’s nest The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978 (Act No 4 of 1978) — one of...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Apr 4, 2026 | Agriculture
Empowering Women Farmers A new Rajya Sabha Bill seeks to establish a national commission to secure the rights and entitlements of women farmers, something dreamt by late M S Swaminathan, father of our Green Revolution. Who is a farmer? The person in whose name the...
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