-Live Mint Abhijit Sen says any public-funded effort to deliver a public service should be under the RTI New Delhi: Any public-funded effort such as a public-private partnership project to deliver a public service or purpose should be under the Right to Information (RTI), Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen said on Monday. He was speaking at an event to mark eight years of the landmark legislation that enables citizens to demand transparent information...
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Busting a few myths about poverty-Ajit K Ghose
-The Business Standard While economic growth may reduce poverty, no systematic correlation between the pace of poverty decline and the pace of economic growth can be found in the data Recent publication of new numbers on poverty by the Planning Commission has revived some old controversies. The numbers show that while the incidence of poverty declined both between 1993-94 and 2004-05 and between 2004-05 and 2011-12, the pace of decline was much...
More »Decoding the food security legislation-Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard Less painful now, but future uncertain The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) ambitious National Food Security Bill might soon become reality. After getting approval from the Lok Sabha, the Bill is headed for the Upper House of Parliament for approval. The big debate is on the financial implications as and when all states start implementing the scheme. Also, how the estimated 20-30 per cent leakage in public distribution system (PDS) will...
More »Doomed by definition-B Syama Sundari
-The Hindu The move to redefine 'handloom' is in the interest of powerloom operators who will be able to corner benefits meant for weavers "Any loom, other than powerloom; and includes any hybrid loom on which, at least one process for weaving requires manual intervention or human energy for production." (The new definition of handloom proposed by Ministry of Textiles) The textile industry in India comprises three sectors - the mill, the powerloom and...
More »Unique Identification project expenditure at Rs 3,062 crore as of July end
-PTI NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification (UID) project has incurred an expenditure of Rs 3,062 crore as of July end as against a total cost of Rs 12,398 crore sanctioned by the government, Parliament was informed today. "Against a total cost of Rs 12,398 crore sanctioned by the government for the UID project, an expenditure of Rs 3,062 crore has been incurred as on July 31, 2013," Minister of State for Planning...
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