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NGOs under fire over 'hidden' $3.2bn: Supreme Court blasts social groups as just 10 per cent file financial records -Harish V Nair

-DailyMail.co.uk Your friendly neighbourhood NGO worker may have been crying themselves hoarse for years over social ills, but there is a high chance that the organisation he or she represents lacks financial transparency. Nearly 25 lakh NGOs across the country, most of whom receive funds worth crores of rupees from the government and abroad, came under the Supreme Court's scrutiny on Monday after the CBI submitted that only 10 per cent of...

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BMS attacks Centre for coal ordinance -Indrani Dutta & Anumeha Yadav

-The Hindu Says the government is resorting to falsehood to rule country Kolkata / New delhi: The BMS was among the central unions that led 3.6-lakh workers of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) on a five-day strike beginning Tuesday. Earlier in November, the BMS stayed away from a strike called on November 24 by other central trade unions to oppose the coal ordinance. "Four months ago, we had asked Coal Minister Piyush Goyal to...

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Vegetable prices soar again in delhi; bad crop, exports to Pakistan blamed

-The Times of India NEW delhi/AMRITSAR: Vegetable prices have begun to hurt again, ahead of elections in the capital. The reasons attributed for the spike in prices this time are reduced supplies due to unseasonal rainfall and exports to Pakistan. Retailers in the capital say vegetable prices started rising around 10 days ago. On Monday, tomatoes were selling for Rs 40-50 per kg, around 10-20% higher than just two weeks ago. "Production this...

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Rice waste makes ‘green wood’ to build low-cost homes in India -Carla Kweifio-Okai

-The Guardian An Indian student with a farming background finds a green alternative to burning tons of rice husks and straw by using the waste as housebuilding material When Bisman Deu saw her family burning mounds of rice waste at their farm in southern India, she was convinced the material could be put to better use. The delhi student, 16, came up with the idea of recycling the unwanted rice husks and...

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Modi office sits on RTI chief selection -Ananya Sengupta

-The Telegraph New delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has been headless for the past five months, spawning an unprecedented backlog of applications and fears the delay could sound the "death knell" for transparency. Over 200 people - other commission members and retired bureaucrats - are vying to become the chief information commissioner, according to activist Lokesh Batra who had filed a plea on the matter under the Right to Information Act...

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