Agenda before the Nation 2013 and Beyond

Abstract

[The first half of 2013 is a period supposed to witness a reshaping of the present political dispensation. Be it in the form of some outright change or continuity of the incumbent regime with some variations, it will be a new government taking the reins somewhere in the next few months. While many of the issues the country is confronted with have continued through the tenures of successive governments, and IPS has been giving its policy-oriented input time to time, it is about time when a comprehensive academic discourse needs to be initiated as to what should be Agenda Before the Nation – in the short, medium and long run – and coming up with solid, viable policy proposals in this connection. It is in this background that in this issue Policy Perspectives is publishing the symposium presenting a set of priories, actionable points and viable solutions for the new managers of the country in various fields. – Eds.]