The arrival of a politically powerful leader heading a single party government with absolute majority in Parliament has renewed the debate on institutional autonomy and checks and balances within the governance system. These issues have come up each time there is a perception that the executive, rather the Prime Minister, has taken a decision unilaterally without going through even the formal motions of routine consultation through established institutions like the cabinet, cabinet committees, and so on.
The most recent instance, of course, pertains to the decision on the demonetisation of high value currency notes. We knew on day one that. . .