Now, you can file an RTI with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) SITting at home. What's more, you could also track its progress online. Last week, the civic agency activated the RTI link on its webSITe, making the RTI filing process less cumbersome. It also provided for online payment through credit card. Ever since, 60 applications have been received. "One has to only select the department, give his/her details...
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Singur warriors head for SC
-The Telegraph Tata Motors refused stay by Calcutta High Court, government takes Delhi precaution Tata Motors said tonight the company would move the Supreme Court after failing to obtain a stay order against land distribution in Singur from Calcutta High Court after two attempts. “As per the country’s legal procedures, the company will agitate the matter before the Supreme Court,” it said. The statement came at the end of a day during which...
More »Rush to fill Singur forms
-The Telegraph The process of submission of forms to get back land in Singur continued today with the administration receiving 575 more applications from “unwilling” farmers. A total of 886 forms have been submitted to the block development office till 7.30pm today. “Yesterday, 311 farmers had submitted their forms. Today, 575 more applications were received,” said Pulak Sarkar, the Singur block development officer. The last date for submission of forms is...
More »The Battle for Land: Unaddressed Issues by Avinash Kumar
The episodes of violence in land acquiSITion by the government, as witnessed recently in Bhatta-Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh and in other states earlier, occur because patterns of violence are inbuilt into the process. Despite a bill pending in Parliament since 2007, there has been little effort by political parties to evolve a consensus on acquiSITion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. The law as at present and also the provisions...
More »NREGA ombudsmen fail to take off by Sreelatha Menon
When the National Rural Employment Guarantees Scheme (NREGS) was announced, the idea of having ombudsmen to oversee the rollout of the scheme to prevent corruption was also mooted. Now, when India is in the grip of a furious debate on the appointment of a Lok Pal and his jurisdiction, the concept of a Lok Pal for NREGS appears to have been forgotten. The ombudsmen were to be selected by a committee of...
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