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Keeping political parties out of RTI ambit on Cabinet's agenda today -Himanshi Dhawan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties will be out of the purview of the RTI Act with a proposed amendment that is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The move comes even as several prominent civil activists have petitioned PM Manmohan Singh urging him not to go ahead with the Amendments without consultation. According to sources, the government plans to amend the definition of public...

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From the granary to the plate -Jean Drèze

-The Hindu Despite its many flaws, the food security bill is an opportunity to end the leakages from the PDS and prevent wastage of public resources The National Food Security Bill, now an ordinance, has been a target of sustained attacks in the business media in recent weeks. There is nothing wrong, of course, in being critical of the bill, or even opposed to it. Indeed, the bill has many flaws. What...

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Government moves to keep political parties off RTI radar -Deepshikha Ghosh

-NDTV New Delhi: The government has moved to block political parties from being covered by the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Amendments have been moved to the Act to exempt parties from being obliged to share details of their funding or how they choose their candidates. These Amendments are likely to be scrutinized at a cabinet meeting on Thursday. In June, the Central Information Commission or CIC, which ensures the RTI Act is...

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Citizens write to parliamentarians to oppose RTI Amendments -Himanshi Dhawan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Eminent citizens including former Delhi high court chief justice A P Shah, former cabinet secretary TRS Subramanian and former information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi have urged parliamentarians not to sign Amendments to the RTI act when it is tabled. The government plans to bring Amendments to the act to exclude political parties. The letter says that the RTI act has been used to uncover "certain arbitrariness and...

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Price control, IP Act & regulatory framework: Revisiting some imp issues about Indian pharma-Ramesh Adige

-The Economic Times Over a year ago, I had written a piece, Quo Vadis, Indian Pharma? (ET, May 11, 2012), in this column. Some key issues were highlighted in the article. Perhaps it is time to revisit the subject and bring out some current issues. Price control: Hurray, the department of pharmaceuticals has come out with a new non-intrusive price control methodology, moving from the cost-based model to the average market price...

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