Publication

This paper examines the institutional challenges facing the Indian parliament. It argues that there has been a decline in the effectiveness of the parliament as an institution of accountability and oversight. The authors shows that the body's instruments for accountability are increasingly being rendered dysfunctional. The fact that the Indian economy is globalizing has – according to the authors – also eroded the power of the parliament in two respects. First, much of economic decision-making is now increasingly governed by international treaties. Second, the Indian state is restructuring its regulatory framework with more powers being delegated to non-elected institutions.