-The Hindu Business Line Over 56 per cent of Indian farmers are not aware about the maximum retail prices (MRP) of fertilisers they buy, while 45 per cent fork out more than the MRP and 59 per cent face problems in getting their season's full requirement in time. These are the startling findings of a countrywide survey of 5,498 farmers conducted by field audit teams of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
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CAG report on CWG to be tabled in Parliament today
-IANS The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on irregularities in the October 2010 Commonwealth Games will be tabled in Parliament on Friday, according to the business listed for the two houses. The report, which has already caused much uproar after being leaked to the media, is expected to point fingers at Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and even the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Opposition parties have been raising the matter and are...
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-The Times of India It was not just private sector firms that made a killing out of the Commonwealth Games held last year. In a clear sign of how even public sector units viewed the Games as a windfall, the Comptroller and Auditor General has found that Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) made huge profits out of its contract for Integrated Security System (ISS) for the Games. Given on a "nomination...
More »Aruna Roy, social activist interviewed by Shoma Chaudhury
The Lokpal Bill is in danger of skidding off the rails. As it is introduced in Parliament, eminent activist Aruna Roy tells Shoma Chaudhury why we should not rush into it. THE LOKPAL BILL is now being debated in Parliament, almost 40 years after the idea was first mooted. Unfortunately, parented on one side by decades of wilful government inertia and, on the other, by the panicked hustle of ‘Team...
More »Opposition demands tabling of CAG report on CWG
-IANS The opposition Thursday demanded tabling in parliament of the CAG report on irregularities in the Commonwealth Games. It also asked for Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's resignation for alleged irregularities in some contracts. As soon as the Rajya Sabha met at 11 a.m., members from all opposition parties were on their feet, demanding that the government table the report soon. 'The CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) report on the Commonwealth Games should...
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