-The Hindu Business Line Fresh guidelines issued on procurement details, disclosure of CAG reports Public-private partnerships (PPPs) will soon come under the ambit of the RTI (right to information) as per a fresh set of guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on April 15. According to the guidelines on suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005, the DoPT says since public services are proposed to be...
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Cash transfer schemes effective way to help poor: World Bank chief
-PTI Washington: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has praised the cash transfer programmes being implemented by several countries as an effective way to help the poor and reduce poverty. Without naming India, which is one of the countries implementing the cash transfer programme, Jim described the scheme as an important step towards inclusive growth. He was speaking at the ‘Fiscal Policy, Equity and Long-Term Growth in Developing Countries Conference' held at...
More »Supreme Court and the aam aadmi -G Mohan Gopal
-Frontline It is the goal of social revolution that connects the aam aadmi to the judiciary and to its highest institution, the Supreme Court of India. By Prof. G. MOHAN GOPAL WHAT should be the appropriate mea-sure of the relationship between the apex court of a country and its common people? Should an apex court be evaluated by who invokes its jurisdiction, from which area and for what purpose? Is an apex...
More »Cobrapost sting: RBI gets stricter on money laundering, banks ask customers to resubmit IDs -Sangita Mehta
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: If you get a phone call from your long-time banker asking you to resubmit your name and address proofs, don't be surprised or irritated. It is the fallout of the Reserve Bank going beyond the cobrapost.com expose on unethical practices of banks, forcing them to go back to the drawing boards to weed out bogus and wrong documentation that allowed many people to open accounts and launder...
More »Cobrapost sting: Staff at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank may have violated KYC norms, says RBI
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: The employees at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank may have violated know-your-customer norms and helped clients evade taxes, the Reserve Bank of India's investigation has found. "Banks opened current account based on power of attorney without KYC," ET Now reported citing people familiar with the report. "Banks gave cash advances for gold purchases", which is a violation of norms, it said. The central bank and the...
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