-The Indian Express Panchayat elections in West Bengal frame the same old politics of coercion and intimidation As always, panchayat polls in West Bengal have left a trail of violence across the state. At least five people were killed as the polls entered their fourth phase on Monday, taking the total toll in these elections into double digits. For a state that is said to have gone through poriborton two years ago,...
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Demanding transparency in political finance-Shailaja Chandra
-The Hindu Building on the work by RTI activists, India needs to set up a mechanism that can make for accountability on the sources and utilisation of party funds Throughout the world, political parties collect funds to build and sustain the organisation, to train party cadres and fight elections. Recognising that they are the main link to the citizens (as voters) and, by implication, the mainstay of democracy, many countries, including India,...
More »PIL filed against CAG’s appointment
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami and eight other eminent citizens Saturday filed a PIL in the Delhi high court challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The petition has been filed afresh as on July 15 an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, who has since retired, refused to hear it saying, "The high court...
More »Centre outlay to UP hiked, SP on board on food Bill -Pankaj Shah
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Within a day of the UPA government raising financial assistance to Uttar Pradesh by 20%, the Samajwadi Party did a volte face on the food security Bill saying it won't oppose it in the monsoon session of Parliament. Until now, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was fiercely combative against the Bill saying it was against the interest of farmers. "Why would we oppose the Bill? We are...
More »Arun Maira slams Food Security Ordinance as unsustainable -Yogima Seth Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Planning Commission member Arun Maira has lashed out at the government's Food Security Bill, saying that such a form of inclusion is not sustainable as it will have a big effect on fiscal deficit in coming years. "The government needs to change its orientation towards inclusion if we want a more inclusive, more sustainable and faster growth. If inclusion is to give hand-outs to those, who...
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