An expert committee set up by the Prime Minister is to examine tomorrow recommendations of National Advisory Council (nac) on the proposed National food Security Bill."In tomorrow''s meeting, we are going to discuss about the differential foodgrains entitlement scenario and the feasibility of increasing production and procurement," a senior government official told PTI.In the first meeting, there was a general discussion on the proposals made by the nac. In tomorrow''s...
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Rangarajan panel grapples with survey methodology by Gargi Parsai
As to who should conduct the survey to identify the ‘priority' and ‘general' categories of households as recommended by the National Advisory Council (nac) was an issue that the expert panel headed by chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, C. Rangarajan, grappled with in its meeting here on Tuesday.The nac has recommended that legal entitlements to subsidised foodgrains be extended to at least 75 per cent of the...
More »Sonia panel against RTI rule dilution
The National Advisory Council is set to oppose the Centre’s proposal to dilute the Right to Information Act through a new set of rules.A meeting of the panel’s working group on transparency, accountability and governance — headed by RTI activist Aruna Roy — objected to the move to compress applications for information to only one matter at a time and set a word limit of 250.The sub-committee that recently consulted...
More »Will the BPL survey go on and on? by MK Sunil Kumar
It seems that the survey to identify the BPL families in the state will be an unending process. Now, the Union Government's plan to start a comprehensive survey of BPL families in the country has affected the state's efforts to complete the survey of BPL families.Earlier, the state government had to abandon the survey carried out by the Kudumbashree workers in 2008 following widespread irregularities. The government had decided to...
More »National Advisory Council to examine new RTI draft rules by Nidhi Sharma
National Advisory Council (nac) will examine threadbare the new draft rules framed for Right to Information Act , which make it mandatory for applicants to file questions in 250 words and pay for hiring photocopy machine used to provide information. nac’s sub-group on transparency and accountability, headed by social activist Aruna Roy, would discuss the draft rules in its meeting on Monday. The draft rules for RTI Act have been framed...
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