-PTI There is the LIMited scope of contempt petition and the NGO can file a separate petition seeking directions for effective functioning, it said. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday refused to pass any direction with regard to "effective functioning" of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal and disposed of a contempt plea filed by an NGO which had sought the appointment of the country's first anti-graft authority. There is the LIMited scope of contempt petition...
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Nearly 70% of education loans goes to general category students -Pon Vasanth BA
-The Hindu MHRD data also indicates variation in size of loans disbursed, with OBCs, SCs and STs receiving lower amounts on average Around 70% of the education loans disbursed in the country appear to be going to upper caste students, data on a government-funded surety scheme for educational loans furnished by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in the Lok Sabha has indicated. The data provided was on the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme...
More »'It is cheaper to ride motorbikes than take buses in Indian cities' -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Poor hit the most hit by an inaccessible public transport system, says India Exclusion Report 2018-19 Half of the poor in Indian cities walk or cycle down to work because of problems in the public transport system, suggests the India Exclusion Report 2018-19. The existing public transport system is expensive and has LIMited routes, says the annual report released by Delhi non-profit Centre for Equity Studies. As a result,...
More »Will the government's stand on privatisation of public sector units help the economy? -K Bharat Kumar
-The Hindu * What is the push behind the strategic disinvestment move? What are the gains? The story so far: On November 20, the government announced that it would sell stakes in several public sector undertakings (PSUs) and even give up management control in some. The Central government will cede full management control to buyers in the case of oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)...
More »Conduct social audit of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, group of ex-bureaucrats urges Election Commission
-Scroll.in They wrote a letter to the polling body, pointing out that the doubts about voting machines used in the elections were ‘yet to be resolved satisfactorily’. A group of former bureaucrats has written to the Election Commission of India, asking for a social audit of the last General Elections in order to establish its integrity and fairness. In a letter dated November 19, they cited various media reports to say that unauthorised...
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