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Pre-historic to Modern Temple Trail of Bangalore with Arun Bharadwaj. Bangalore is known for its trees, parks, IT parks, ISRO, PSUs and lovely weather but not many of us know about the ancient and medieval temples that continue to live within the BBMP limits.

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Why public access to green spaces should be all day long. Hello and welcome to DH Radio. For years, BBMP parks in the city were shut for the public during the afternoon hours. The Palike Commissioner has now made an announcement extending the open-park hours, although the green spaces will remain shut in the name of maintenance for a few hours. In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to Usha Rao, an anthropologist and a seasoned campaigner for open spaces. She speaks passionately for open parks, open spaces and more open hours. Listen in...

India Policy Watch: State Capacity, the Smart Parking EditionInsights on domestic policy issues— Pranay KotasthanePublic policy is all around us; observing the same public space over time can reveal much about public policy, implementation, and state capacity. So, I'll try something different today. I will narrate the story of a parking policy reform, which I've observed closely over the last couple of years. In it are lessons for government contracting, deployment of technology, and public choice. Drop a reply if this story resonates with you or if you have other such anecdata in mind. The Pre-reform SituationMG Road is a busy thoroughfare in Bengaluru's Central Business District. Well-known shops, pubs, restaurants, and offices line the road. As you can imagine, many office-goers and business owners commute to MG Road and park their vehicles next to the curb. On weekdays, finding a vacant parking space after 9 am is a sure-shot sign of divine intervention. Even though curbside parking is not chargeable nominally, scarcity causes Coasian transfers to originate. An informal cohort of unauthorised Parking Marshalls emerges. These marshalls help vehicle users negotiate parking in return for a fee. After multiple complaints about this “rent-seeking”, the city government puts up free parking boards and demarcates parking bays for two-wheelers and four-wheelers.A reduction in the real price of parking leads to increased demand. Office-goers rush towards the city centre earlier than usual. The threshold beyond which parking became an ordeal moves up to 8.30 am, after which people have to park about half a kilometre away in a designated paid parking. And since the Traffic Police have no capacity to enforce parking rules except once in a moon, you would usually encounter double-parked vehicles on MG Road, usually cabs. Some shops even employ valets to double-park customers' cars, which are slid into vacant parking slots as soon as they become available. The motorable road width decreases because of these double-parked vehicles. It is quite a chaos. The Smart Parking ReformThe paid parking reform had been mooted on several occasions but wasn't politically palatable. Finally, the city government bit the bullet after the first COVID-19 wave. BBMP —the city municipal corporation—realised that its tax revenue sources had thinned. And with an ongoing hoarding ban and a newly launched GST, revenue generation options had narrowed further. That's when the Overton Window for paid parking opened up. Given the lack of state capacity, BBMP doesn't usually do parking enforcement itself. So it enters into a public-private partnership in which one company Central Parking Services (CPS), is granted a contract for parking on ten major roads in the city's Central Business District for ten years. Reports suggest that BBMP expected Rs 31.56 crore annually through this arrangement. To prevent corruption, BBMP employs technology. Curbside parking spots are clearly marked and numbered. Sensors are installed on each slot to identify the presence or absence of a vehicle. Customers can book a parking slot on arrival via an app and pay seamlessly through UPI/card/or wallet. Parking kiosks are also installed on footpaths for people who don't have the phone app. To encourage digital payments, cash payments are made costlier by 16.6%, i.e., Rs 30 in cash grants parking permission for 50 minutes, while the same amount paid digitally allows you to book a parking slot for 60 minutes. For a detailed account, see this Deccan Herald report. To help people transition, parking charges are waived for the first week of operations. Thereafter, cars have to pay Rs 30 per hour.Now, guess what would have happened? Can you anticipate the unintended consequences?Post-reform observationsPricing a resource according to its scarcity leads to a more efficient resource allocation. We saw that scarcity principle play out here. Soon enough, you could find a parking slot at any time of the day. The contractor employed several uniformed parking marshalls to prevent double-parking and unauthorised use. The same road you saw above now started looking as below:The story doesn't end here, though. It's not as if parking requirements are this elastic in the central business district, and it's not as if the city has reliable public transport options. What really happened was the displacement of parked vehicles from MG Road to a nearby residential road and a parallel thoroughfare. To avoid paying the parking fee, people started parking vehicles on other roads, sometimes right under “No Parking” signs. These infractions were uncommon earlier as these roads were patrolled by traffic police vehicles. But with the enforcement contracted out to a company in the surrounding area, perhaps the incentive for the Traffic Police to patrol the area decreased, as public choice theory would predict. And so, while the parking situation on MG Road improved, other neighbouring roads became free parking lots, causing congestion and unchecked traffic rule violations. As for MG Road, the “smart” parking didn't remain smart for long. The sensors for most parking slots stopped working soon. The app and the kiosks showed a parking slot as" “empty” if you parked a vehicle there. At other times, it showed unpaid bills of previous customers. On one occasion, the app asked me to pay a parking fee of Rs 18,290!Despite repeated calls to the grievance contact number, the contractor didn't seem to be interested in getting these fixed. The profit motive would have suggested that the company would aggressively keep all sensors active, but that's not how it played out.As public choice theory would predict, corruption didn't go away. The situation was much better than in the past. Nevertheless, since the sensors weren't working, the Parking Marshalls sensed an opportunity. The system allowed them to reset or extend the parking time limits at the kiosks. Some of them started striking side deals with regular commuters. The parking marshalls also enjoyed discretion in enforcing steep fines for overparking. Since there was no robust check to track fines, they could strike a deal with the customer instead of registering an official fine. Zooming OutThe marginal benefits of the parking policy reform are greater than the marginal costs; hence, it should continue. But it is still a work in progress. Contracting out doesn't obviate the need for enforcement entirely. My anecdata reiterates one important lesson in public policy: better contracting or procurement also requires state capacity. Without having built that muscle, contractors can easily take governments for a ride. As Chitgupi, Gorsi, and Thomas write in their LeapJournal article titled Learning by doing and public procurement in India:Procurement is an expertise. No government organisation can sporadically do this well. It is an expertise which can be built, albeit over many years. In any government organisation, people and processes can be organised to focus on this expertise, and to devote time and effort on the entire pipeline of government contracting. The process of developing this capability can be accelerated by bringing in people with this specialised expertise. Strengthening the entire life cycle is required to successfully spend budget amounts. But this is only the beginning of success in procurement where government can contract to deliver quality projects efficiently, on time and at low cost.Applications for the re-awesomed Post-Graduate Programme in Public Policy are now open. Check details here.Global Policy Watch: End GameInsights on global policy issues — RSJSome recent inflation prints from the US and other developed markets suggest the central banks are winning the fight. In India, too, the inflation expectations are getting less hawkish. Is this true, or is there more to this? A bit of a diversion here. A few editions ago, I pointed out how the ECLGS scheme launched during the pandemic to support the MSME sector had worked out well in India. The sovereign promised the banks they would guarantee the loans they disburse as part of this scheme. The banks could continue to use their underwriting norms without making them too stringent because of overthinking the negative impact of the pandemic on these businesses. The bank could, therefore, support these businesses, and as it has turned out, that's all that was needed to keep this sector above water. The government didn't have to dole out loans themselves, and the banks did what they do well, namely, underwrite, disburse and collect. Net result: the system NPAs for this scheme will end up in the 3-4 per cent range in line with this kind of portfolio in normal times. I bring this up because while writing about this last month, I thought it would be useful to check if other governments went down this path during COVID-19. It turns out yes, they did. Most of western Europe did the same. Over 60 per cent of new loans in France were guaranteed by the sovereign. In Germany, it was over 40 per cent, and now they have come up with a fresh scheme to stave off the energy crisis emerging from the Ukraine conflict. In Italy, not only were fresh loans state-backed, but they also rolled over older credit to these new schemes. This seems to be becoming a thing.Governments seem to have hit upon this nice little trick where they don't have to raise debt or taxes to manage a crisis. They simply need to offer credit guarantee through banks. It will sit on their books as a contingent liability and won't show up in debt ratios. Nobody gets hurt. Neat.So, why did I bring this up while talking about inflation? Since the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2009, the debt-to-GDP ratios in the developed economies have only moved one way. Up. Then we had the pandemic in 2020. Governments threw more money at the problem. The result is we have debt-to-GDP ratios upwards of 250 per cent in most OECD countries now. Two problems have arisen because of this. One, this indiscriminate money supply plus some supply chain constraints have meant inflation has hit multi-decade highs. Notwithstanding all modern monetary theory hypotheses that were in vogue a couple of years back, it turns out that more M4 money in the system will lead to higher inflation. And inflation hurts the poor most. Second, the system is vulnerable to collapsing at such debt-to-GDP ratios with the smallest of shocks going forward. I mean, how long can you keep kicking the can down the road?So, the inevitable has happened over the past six months. Central banks have raised interest rates in a dramatic manner to tame inflation. This seems to be working, as the slowing of headline inflation number suggests. But I am not sure about it. Most of the recent reduction comes from the fall in prices of the more volatile commodities. In fact, the ‘sticky' part of the consumption basket seems to be still in inflationary mode. Also, the rising rates have killed growth in most developed economies. They are in a recession. And while the employment data suggests that jobs are being added, if you look closely, the worm is beginning to turn. The slowdown across sectors will mean layoffs, consolidation and a reduction in capital expenditure. The employment rate will soon start falling. With that backdrop, what are the choices available to a government? I see a likely scenario that brings these various tugs and pulls together for a short-term fix that might appeal to them. I will elaborate below.Now that inflation has touched multi-decade highs, and we are at that point in the rate hike cycle where we have pretty much killed growth in the short term, there isn't more elbow room to increase rates. Inflation may subside a bit as supply constraints reduce, and maybe the war in Ukraine ends. But this is an opportune time for governments to reset inflation expectations upwards among its people. If you were running an inflation targeting model with a two per cent threshold (like in the US), it is somewhat easier now to raise it to 4-6 per cent without much furore. If you were running it at a 4-6 per cent range (like in India), you could reset it to 6-8 per cent. The Overton window is available for this. I think the governments will willingly take it. A slightly higher inflation expectation, without it becoming runaway, will allow central banks to pause raising the rate. It will also increase nominal GDP. This is important because a two per cent upward reset of the inflation target will lead to a corresponding increase in the nominal GDP. And increasing nominal GDP through higher inflation is the easiest way to reduce debt to GDP in the system for a government. Cutting costs and tightening the belt are all difficult ways of balancing the budget. Nobody wants to do that. In the past, letting inflation run high was unacceptable to any incumbent government. But the way the cards have fallen in the last six months, the governments can get away by citing forces beyond their control. I think no government will look this gift horse in the mouth. They will reset inflation targets. Now doing this means what's called financial repression. That is, the savers will lose because their savings will be undercut by inflation in future. So, this will have to be done gradually. But I see this level of financial repression as inevitable. The success of credit guarantee schemes opens another front for governments. As I mentioned, the governments will do more of this because why not? So, in some sense, you will see a capture of private credit by government-directed guarantee schemes. It won't be as much in India, but I see it quite likely in the developed economies. So, it is likely that while the economy will head to a recession, private banks will continue to supply credit because of these sovereign guarantees. There's a likelihood that bond traders will take a dim view of this and push up yields significantly. But there are multiple tools with the government to force pension and insurance companies to buy government bonds. This will rise. Yield curve management isn't a big deal anyway if central banks decide to do it. So, no fear on that front too. This will mean we could have continued credit expansion backed by the government in the near future without the fear of a rating downgrade. If you combine that with the developed economies bringing manufacturing back from China into their own countries, we could have a capex-led boom beginning soon after we have brought inflation into the new target limit. Of course, I'm not saying I support this kind of state intervention that pushes credit in the areas it wants to focus on instead of the market allocating capital in the most efficient way. In the long run, the state will make the wrong choices driven by its political objectives. But we will have to wait for the cycle of boom to first play out before that kind of bust unfolds. This might take a decade or maybe more. I am, therefore, sceptical of those who suggest a deep recession or stagflation is around the corner for the global economy. There will be a short recession, but other options are available for the state to manage this and push a real reckoning into the future. Stagflation might be the end game, but that end is not nigh.    HomeWork* [Paper] Internal Drivers of China's External Behaviour by Amb Shivshankar Menon is really helpful in understanding China's recent actions. This line in the paper struck me (There's a useful 2x2 matrix in it):“Today, China faces an unprecedented situation at home and abroad and is therefore reacting in new ways. China is more powerful than ever before but is also more dependent on the world. This is an unprecedented combination, not known in Chinese history—not in the Han when she had to ‘buy' off the Xiongnu by marrying Han princesses off to steppe leaders; nor in the Song when she was one and sometimes the weakest power in a world of equals; nor in the high Qing when she was powerful but independent of the external world, as the Qian Long emperor reminded George III in writing.”* [Book] The High Costs of Free Parking by Donald Shoup is essential reading on parking policy.* [Paper] Which social welfare policies should the Indian government prioritise? This paper does a cost-benefit analysis to answer this important question. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicpolicy.substack.com

Activists recall the Flyover-Beda movement & why the project makes no sense now. Hello and welcome to DH Radio. Six years after the then Congress Government in Karnataka dropped the steel flyover project between Bengaluru's Chalukya Circle and Hebbal after widespread public protests, the controversial project is back again. The BBMP has now proposed to conduct a feasibility study to build the flyover. The ruling BJP, then in the Opposition, had strongly objected to the project. In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to Tara Krishnaswamy, CoFounder of Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) that had spearheaded the campaign against the project; urbanist V Ravichander and Priya Chetty Rajagopal, whose activism had amplified the voices opposed to the controversial flyover.

An interaction with AAP's Prithvi Reddy and BNP's Srikant Narasimhan Hello and welcome to DH Radio. Elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council have been delayed for close to three years now. How has this impacted Bengalureans, their access to utilities and governance of the city in general? In this first part of a series on BBMP Polls, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to two new entrants in the political fray - the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) represented by its State Convenor Prithvi Reddy and the Bengaluru Navanirman Party (BNP), represented by its CoFounder and General Secretary, Srikant Narasimhan. Listen in...

Join us as Queen Staci shares about the Baldy Buddy Mentorship Program. The Open House will be Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 5pm ET. Via Zoom. Login info is ID: 81305630920; Password: AQMOH. To connect further with Queen Stace, email her at alopecianqueenmovement@gmail.com. Make sure you're following the AQM on all social media platforms including clubhouse. The handle is the same, “alopecianqueenmovement”. See you all next Sunday!

ನಾಗರಿಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತೆ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯಿನಿ ಚಾಮರಾಜ್ ಅವರು ನಿಜವಾದ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ನಗರ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆಯ ಕುರಿತು ನಿರೂಪಕರಾದ ಪವನ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್‌ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಂಬರುವ 2022 ರ ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಸಂದರ್ಭ ತಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಕಾರ್ಪೊರೇಟರ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ನಾಗರಿಕರು ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಕೇಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಚರ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.Changemaker, activist and civic leader Kathyayini Chamaraj talks to host Pavan Srinath about the need for true local and city democracy, and lays out what Bengaluru's citizens should ask of their local corporator candidates in the upcoming 2022 BBMP elections.*Update!* Thale-Harate now has its own YouTube channel! Featuring full episodes and more soon! Head over to youtube.com/haratepod, subscribe and hit the bell icon!'ನಾಗರಿಕ' ಎಂಬ ಪದವು 'ನಗರ'ಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಭಂದ ಪಟ್ಟದ್ದು, ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ನಲ್ಲೂ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೂ. ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕರು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಕ್ರಿಯವಾಗಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮತದಾನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವೇ ಕೆಲವು ಜನರು ಮಾತ್ರ ನಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ಗಮನಹರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಂತಹ ಮಹಾನಗರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ನಗರ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮತದಾರರ ಜಾಗೃತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಮತದಾನ ಮಾಡುವವರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಎರಡೂ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇರುತ್ತೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ನಿರ್ಧಾರಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಅತಿಯಾದ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ 2 ವರ್ಷದಿಂದ ನಡೆದಿಲ್ಲ. ಈವಾಗ ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಜುಲೈ 2022 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ದಿನಾಂಕವನ್ನ ನಾವು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯಿನಿ ಚಾಮರಾಜ್ ಅವರು ಸುಮಾರು 35 ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಗರ ಆಡಳಿತದ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಕುರಿತು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 2005 ರಿಂದ CIVIC ನ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ ಟ್ರಸ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 'ನಾಗರಿಕ ಸಮಾಜ ವೇದಿಕೆ'ಯ ನೇತ್ರತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯಿನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಸಂಗಡಿಗರು ಸೇರಿ 'BBMP ಚುನಾವಣೆ 2022 ರ ಪ್ರಣಾಳಿಕೆ'ಯನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಇದನ್ನು ಜೂನ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ನಾಯಕರನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. ತಲೆ ಹರಟೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಾಡ್ಕಾಸ್ಟ್ ನ 143 ನೇ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯಿನಿಯವರು ಹೇಗೆ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವವು ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು, ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಗಳು, ಹೊಣೆಗಾರಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕತೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಡೆಯಬೇಕಾದ ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಸಮಿತಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಸಭೆಗಳ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆಗಳ ಕುರಿತೂ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಆಡಳಿತ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಊರಿನ ತಳಮಟ್ಟದ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೂ ಕೂಡ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಹವಾದ ಸವಲತ್ತುಗಳು ಸಿಗುವಂತಾಗಬೇಕು ಎಂಬುವುದರ ಕುರಿತೂ ವಿಸ್ತ್ರತವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ!The word ‘citizen' has always been connected to a ‘city', in English and in Kannada. While many of us may actively vote and participate in state and national elections and politics, far fewer people stay connected in city and local politics. In a metropolis like Bengaluru, voter turnouts and voter awareness remains low during city elections. State governments also have excessive control over most local decisions, and as a result Bengaluru's BBMP elections are overdue for 2 years now, and we can finally expect to learn the election dates in July 2022. Kathyayini Chamaraj has been writing and working on Bengaluru's development and urban governance issues for close to 35 years, and has been the Executive Trustee of CIVIC since 2005. As a part of a larger ‘Civil Society Forum', Kathyayini and her collaborators have put together a ‘Manifesto for BBMP Elections 2022', which was released in June in an event featuring top political leaders in the city and the state of Karnataka. On Episode 143 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast, Kathyayini explains how democracy doesn't end with the elections, but needs active Ward Committees and Area Sabhas, with well-defined roles, responsibilities, accountability and transparency. She further details how Bengaluru needs to be governed such that its least fortunate citizens receive the focus and attention they deserve. Tune in!Recommended Reading:- Civil Society Forum BBMP manifesto with final inputs- Manifesto Key Demands [English] [ಕನ್ನಡ]- CIVIC, Bengaluru- BBMP Elections: Will Bengaluru get a better deal? Kathyayini Chamaraj in Deccan Herald More Bengaluru-related Episodes:- ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೊಂದು ಬಜೆಟ್. A Budget for Bengaluru? (2021) with Surya and Pavan.- ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ನೀರಿದೆಯೇ? Water and Bengaluru with S Vishwanath.- ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಪ್ಲ್ಯಾನಿಂಗ್ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾ? Bengaluru's City Planning with Dr Anjali Karol Mohan.More Development-related Episodes:- ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಎಂದರೆ ಯಾರು? The Public in Public Policy with Dr Ashwin Mahesh.- ವೃದ್ಧಿ-ವಿತ್ತ-ವೃತ್ತಿ. A Vision for India's Development with Dr R Balasubramaniam.- ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ ಚಿಂತನೆಗಳು. Reflections on the Republic with Alok Prasanna Kumar.- ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳು ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಯಶಸ್ಸು. Gram Sabhas & Democracy with Dr Vijayendra Rao.- ಕುಶಲ ಭಾರತ. Skilling & New Education Policy with Dr KP Krishnan.- ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ನೀರಿನ ಗಮನ. Managing Waste Water in India with S Vishwanath.ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. Follow the Thalé-Haraté Kannada Podcast @haratepod. Facebook: https://facebook.com/HaratePod/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaratePod/ , Instagram: https://instagram.com/haratepod/ and YouTube: https://youtube.com/HaratePod .ಈಮೇಲ್ ಕಳಿಸಿ, send us an email at haratepod@gmail.com or send a tweet and tell us what you think of the show!You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios and check out our website at https://ivmpodcasts.com/ .You can also listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Gaana, Amazon Music Podcasts, JioSaavn, Castbox, or any other podcast app. We also have some video episodes up on YouTube! ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ!

ALAI (Animal Lives Are Important) is a dog rescue organization, about 5 years old here in Bangalore.  Well it's not in the city, but in a place called Mitganahalli about 15 kms from the heart of town. It's well known in dog rescue circles in this city and Sajesh, the founder is legend. If you talk to people in Electronic City, or the Nandi hills and other outlying areas of this city, beyond the limits of the BBMP, where veterinary clinics and hospitals are scarce, people talk about Sajesh in the same way they talk about God. Not kidding here.Back in November of 2021, Bengaluru recorded 224 mm of rainfall, that's 329% above normal. The city was flooded and the rain continued to pour for days and the situation was horrendous. If you're from Bangalore, maybe you remember this One night, November 21, specifically, Facebook pictures started revealing a horrible situation. ALAI was getting flooded. About 300 plus animals were getting soaked with nowhere to go because they were confined in the shelter. Sajesh and his staff spent the better part of the night recuing the animals one by one. The city of Bangalore and indeed other parts of the country pitched in with funds, volunteers and a lot more to help Sajesh secure each and every animal. It was a dreadful night, one Sajesh will never forget.I have been trying to reach Sajesh for a while, but like other rescuers, his time is never his own. There's always some animal with an emergency to shove me to the back of the queue, so I'm really happy to have finally netted him. 

Delayed BBMP Polls: How it affects Bengalureans Stakeholders, citizen activists articulate their views and concerns Hello and welcome to DH Radio. Can a city of over 1.3 crore people, perennially struggling to fix its myriad problems, afford to be without an elected city council for over 1.5 years? Uncertainty over the much-delayed Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections has inevitably led to a huge vacuum in local governance, raising big questions on accountability and transparency. The Palike has been without an elected Council since September 2020, implying there is no corporator to echo public needs and concerns. The pandemic did disrupt the process, but the new BBMP Act that increased the number of wards from 198 to 243 only complicated matters. The delimitation exercise awaits clearance from the apex court. In this episode of DH Radio, we have multiple stakeholders in the city's good governance articulate their views on the BBMP polls and what direction the city has to take. DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to Pruthvi Reddy, State President of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Citizens for Bengaluru CoFounder Tara Krishnaswamy, Srikant Narasimhan, whose Bengaluru Navanirman Party (BNP) and Srinivas Alavilli, Head, Civic Participation, Janaagraha.

Harini Raghavan is an HR professional with a deep passion for animals. She is extremely active in advocating for the rights of animals. That's another way of saying, she lobbies and cajoles and pleads with the government to do their job, please, did you hear me say please.Harini and a few other people set up Citizens for Animal Birth Control (ABC), which is an organization.  The key here is not the word ‘organization' but the word ‘Citizens.' Because it is mandated by the government that ABC must be carried out locally in each city by the authorities… in our case, the BBMP. There are funds allocated for this and there is plenty of know-how on methods to do it effectively.But it ain't happening. At least, not with the kind of systematic and single-minded focus that is needed. And so reproduction continues to happens under our noses, because all it takes is one sperm.If u consider that one female can, conservatively, litter twice a year in the course of its lifetime of reproductive capability, of say 6 years. that's at least 12 puppies x 6 years or 72 puppies per female. It boggles the mind to think of where that will lead. Harini says there are still 3 hundred thousand dogs in this city that need to be sterilized. She's asking for only 70% of that to be fulfilled. It will make a dent, she feels. 

In many part of the world, if there's an animal in trouble, there's someone to call to get help, Immediately. That's not the case here for obvious reasons. We can barely take care of our humans… so expecting special treatment for animals is unrealistic. Yes, there are numbers for Cupa, Care, the BBMP, other animal shelters, but there's so much pressure on them with the number of domesticated, freely multiplying animals… that they cannot cope. You could end up waiting forever. The animal could be dead or disappear by the time someone shows up, to die somewhere else, out of sight. It's tragic.So it's fallen on citizens, community by community to come together to create solutions for injured dogs and cats… and even the occasional snake who may find itself where it ought not to be.So you will find specialist dog catchers, snake catchers, bird catchers. Rarely will you find one person who is all kinds of catcher rolled into one.In Bangalore, Vikash Bafna is one such person whose heart is huge and there always seems to be room for one more dog, one more snake, one more pigeon, one more rodent, one more cat, one more buffalo to rescue.As part of several animal squads and groups, Vikash Bafna. Vikash does this work for free. He has a trust called Friend For Animal Trust and will accept donations, if you want to give, but even if you don't, he will come and take care of the eagle that's stuck in the wires outside your building. 

A UNIFIED TRANSPORT AUTHORITY Will it change Bengaluru's mobility? Hello and welcome to DH Radio, For years, the BBMP, BMTC, BMRCL, Traffic Police and other agencies have been working in silos, while planning and building road and other mobility infrastructure for Bengaluru. But the Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA), if legislated in 2022, could change that. It could become a platform for multiple agencies to collaborate and plan far ahead into the future. But BMLTA is just one of the many bills that will be passed this year. To elaborate on this and other mobility issues this year, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to mobility analysts Sathya Sankaran and Ashwin Mahesh. Listen in...

WARD COMMITTEES: HYPER LOCAL GOVERNANCE How financially empowered BBMP ward committees can truly decentralise governance. Hello and welcome to DH Radio, For the first time in India, ward committees attached to the Bengaluru city corporation (BBMP) have been empowered financially to decide on local civic works. But how exactly are these committees functioning to decentralise city governance? In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan talks to Srinivas Alavilli, Head, Citizens Participation, Janaagraha, a seasoned civic activist who has spearheaded multiple citizen-centred campaigns for years in Bengaluru.

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ETV Bharat Karnataka news in Kannada for May 31 2021 9pm is about Karnataka covid update, Central government has sent Covaxin tweets minister Dr K Sudhakar, The BBMP property tax concession coverage continues again due to lockdown, Black fungus medicine reaches state and several other news, for more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

ETV Bharat Karnataka news in kannada for May 24 2021 6pm is about Uproar among BBMP staff and youth on Forced swab test allegations, Police busted Pakistan Sponsored Narco-Terror module, A tree uprooted near Jyoti hospital of Baleswar, 3 injuired, After Black & White, Yellow Fungus Case in UP, Fungal infection is not a communicable disease syas Dr. Randeep Guleria and several other news, for more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

ETV Bharat Karnataka news in kannada for May 19 2021 3pm is about CM BYS announces Rs 1,250 cr Covid relief package for those hit by lockdown, Protest by BBMP Workers against failure of govt to look into concerns of workers, PM Modi conducted an aerial survey of the areas of Amreli, Gir Somnath and Bhavnagar districts hit by CycloneTauktae, Barge P-305 Rescue : 34 died in arabian sea; Navy source and several other news, for more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

This is Part 3 of the COVID Conversation with BBMP officials. Covid is scary. If you're waiting for a call to know you're Covid positive you certainly want to know what's being said. In this episode, we take you through a Kannada conversation with a BBMP official who is letting you know you are Covid positive. This is part one of a three-part episode because the conversation is long. We cover - how you tell the official your name, age, and number in Kannada. Follow us on Twitter to learn more with visual aid: https://twitter.com/GothillaKannada Let us know what you want to learn next!

Part 2 of the COVID conversation with BBMP officials. Covid is scary. If you're waiting for a call to know you're Covid positive you certainly want to know what's being said. In this episode, we take you through a Kannada conversation with a BBMP official who is letting you know you are Covid positive. This is part one of a three-part episode because the conversation is long. We cover - how you tell the official your name, age, and number in Kannada. Follow us on Twitter to learn more with visual aid: https://twitter.com/GothillaKannada Let us know what you want to learn next!

Covid is scary. If you're waiting for a call to know you're Covid positive you certainly want to know what's being said. In this episode, we take you through a Kannada conversation with a BBMP official who is letting you know you are Covid positive. This is part one of a three-part episode because the conversation is long. We cover - how you tell the official your name, age, and number in Kannada. Follow us on Twitter to learn more with visual aid: https://twitter.com/GothillaKannada Let us know what you want to learn next!

ETV Bharat Karnataka news in kannada for May 13 2021 7am is about Minister Basavaraj Bommai instructs BBMP to setup stepdown hospital, Kollywood Actor Suriya family donated Rs 1 crore to Corona relief fund, WHO urges all countries to refer virus variants by their scientific names, Pangolin undergoes COVID-19 test in Odisha and several other news, for more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

ETV Bharat Karnataka news in kannada for May 12 2021 3pm is about Two civilians killed, Three injured in bomb blast in Afghanistan, No Corona vaccine availability in Bengaluru city says BBMP commissioner Gaurav Gupta , Doctors warn against cow dung therapy to boost immunity, Karnataka State Co Operative Apex Bank donated 5 crore CM's relief fund and several other news, for more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is d Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by well-established news gathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

#50: Shweta Sastri - How A Successfully Mobilized Donation Drive Will Now Launch A Life Saving 120-bed Oxygen Facility At Canadian International School And MORE!If you can, contribute to the fundraiser here.About Shweta Sastri:She took over a failing international school at 23 and made it completely eco-friendly and truly international.She pursued her BBM from christ College, MSC in investment banking from the University of Reading, UK. She is passionate about golf, classical dance and travel. A board member of Entrepreneur Organisation's Bengaluru chapter and Sterling Developers, She is the Managing Director of Canadian International School.But, More than anything else, she's a resourceful entrepreneur stepping up to save Namma Bengaluru.Contact  Shweta Sastri:LinkedIn

How much do governments spend on a megacity like Bengaluru? How does a city government budget look like? Surya Prakash talks to Pavan Srinath about the 2021 BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) budget on Episode 94 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast.They discuss how local government budgets have evolved, how the city government is budgeting when the elected corporators have completed their terms, and the long path ahead to improve how and how much we spend on Bengaluru's many public needs.ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. Follow the Thalé-Haraté Kannada Podcast @haratepod. Facebook: facebook.com/HaratePod/ , Twitter: twitter.com/HaratePod/ and Instagram: instagram.com/haratepod/ಈಮೇಲ್ ಕಳಿಸಿ, send us an email at haratepod@gmail.com and tell us what you think of the show. The Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast is made possible thanks to the support of The Takshashila Institution and IPSMF, the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation.

In your evening news brief, clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax have begun in India; Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) presents its annual Budget for the financial year 2021-22 with an outlay of Rs 9,287.81 crore and Bangladesh braces for violence a day after protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com

In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Suspension of international passenger flights extended till November 30; South Korea announces to go carbon neutral by 2050; BBMP marshals allotted target of booking a minimum of twenty offenders— Those not wearing masks and maintaining social distance; Congress launches a sharp attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Munger firing; Rahul Gandhi says Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about other countries in his speeches but not about the problems facing India and NCP chief Sharad Pawar blames Centre's policies for the spiralling prices of onion. Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

The people who throw their weight around and intimidate individuals are the ones who are most insecure and unsure of their power or themselves. On this week's episode I talk about the incident at home where we had to deal with the thugs from the BBMP (the local government body responsible for handling the pandemic); or at least they are supposed to. The drama and the confusion on their end is ridiculous yet sadly reflective of the state in which most institutions are dealing with this pandemic in.  Thanks for being a part of the Babybed journey!  Hope you are safe and well. Cheers!

In today's episode, The BCCI has said that it will grant amnesty to registered players who voluntarily declare any age fraud but those found to be in breach of the unusual scheme could be slapped with a two-year suspension; Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits Ayodhya to review preparations for Ram temple ‘Bhoomi Pujan'; The BBMP is planning to press paramedical students and National Service Scheme (NSS) cadre into doing swab collection for Covid-19 testing and Six employees at the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's office have tested positive for COVID-19. Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In today's episode, Union Home minister Amit Shah has said that he had tested positive for coronavirus; Senior military commanders of India and China start the fifth round of talks; The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at the residence of Delhi University professor Hany Babu on Sunday; The mid-day meals provided to students in government or aided schools should be supplemented by breakfast, the new National Education Policy (NEP) has proposed; Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said people may seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation if problems like job losses are not resolved and The BBMP is ready to issue certificates to residents of containment zones should they need them to take leave from work, the civic body's chief N Manjunatha Prasad has said. Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In today's episode, BJP Kerala legislator Rajagopal began a one-day fast at the party's state committee office demanding the chief minister's resignation over the recent gold smuggling case; Union Minister of state from Home G Kishan Reddy says states need to emulate “Delhi Model”; An advocate has filed a petition before the Madras High Court seeking the arrest of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and actress Tamannaah and BBMP to undertake a major testing programme across several areas of the city Links: Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In today's episode, BBMP makes it must for all admissions and discharges of Covid-19 patients to be done through the Covid-19 Hospital Bed Management System, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people to speak and act keeping in mind the morale of soldiers and Farooq Abdullah calls for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In today's episode, Vasundhara Raje says that it is unfortunate that the people of Rajasthan are paying for the discord within the Congress, B H Anil Kumar out of the BBMP and Scientists have claimed that there are six distinct 'types' of COVID-19 Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In today's episode, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says that India is not a weak country and no power in the world can touch even an inch of its land, Rahul slams Modi government and BBMP requests extension of the lockdown in Bengaluru Download the Deccan Herald app for Android devices here: https://bit.ly/2UgttIO Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

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