-The Hindu Moratorium to be in place till December 31, 2012 The government has decided to initiate legal action against cooperative banks and financial institutions violating the moratorium on debt relief for fish workers. Meeting Minister for Fisheries K. Babu announced this after a meeting with Minister for Cooperation C.N. Balakrishnan and chairman of the Debt Relief Commission for fish workers M.R. Hariharan Nair here on Sunday. Mr. Babu said the moratorium would remain in...
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Sharp rise in money locked in I-T cases-Santosh Tiwari
-The Business Standard 2011 saw jump in total disputed amount to Rs 4.37 lakh crore The quantity of money locked in income tax disputes has seen a sharp rise in 2011, with more aggression by the tax department. The disputed amount jumped from Rs 2,43,603 crore to Rs 4,36,741 crore between January and December 2011. The disclosure was made by the finance ministry in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha...
More »Endosulfan: Rights panel summons Chief Secretary-Roy Mathew
For not paying compensation to the kin of the victims The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar to appear personally before it on June 11, if the State government fails to take action on the compensation recommended for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod district. The Chief Secretary should file an action-taken report on the commission's recommendations before June 4, failing which he will have to appear before it....
More »'Wife entitled to hubby's salary info'
-The Times of India The Goa state information commission(GSIC) recently directed the accounts department to provide salary details of a government employee to his estranged wife. The government employee had filed a divorce plea in court. The wife had sought the details under the Right To Information Act (RTI) so as to claim maintenance but the government employee had urged the accounts department not to furnish his salary details. Having considered at least...
More »Disclose letters of plaints against judges, says CIC
-The Deccan Herald In a decision that is likely to reveal the names of judges against whom complaints have been filed in the Law Ministry, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Law Ministry to make public the forwarding letters attached with such complaints that are forwarded to the Supreme Court and High Courts. The transparency panel gave this direction while hearing the RTI plea of activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, who...
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