-The Hindu Eminent retired bureaucrats and members of the Forum of Retired Officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Service have demanded the creation of a selection committee headed by Prime Minister to select the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. The term of current CAG Vinod Rai ends in May. In a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, they have argued that need of the...
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RTI applications for NRIs simplified-Narayan Lakshman
-The Hindu The Government of India took a major step forward in enabling Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to file applications under the Right to Information Act this week, announcing that it has launched a service called "elPO," or Electronic Indian Postal Order. Using this, NRIs across the world may now be in a position to file RTI applications conveniently via direct payment of fees for the same. According to an office memorandum put...
More »Green signal for spiritual university evokes sharp criticism-Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu Criteria have not been met and blatant attempt to saffronise higher education, say academics and student bodies From a tiny room on the first floor of a small building in a quiet area of Basaveshwaranagar, the Harsha Kriya Foundation runs its affairs. The Foundation has recently got the green signal for setting up the Amrutha Sinchana Spiritual University, first of its kind in Karnataka. Speaking to The Hindu in an office...
More »Inform RTI applicants about additional fees: DoPT tells departments
-PTI The Centre has asked all departments under it to ensure that RTI applicants are informed in time about payment of additional fees as photocopying charges and others. The directive came after the Central Information Commission (CIC) approached the Department of Personnel and Training, a nodal department for implementation of the transparency law, with complaints from various RTI applicants. It has been brought to the notice of CIC that some Central...
More »Mines of concern -S Dorairaj
-Frontline Farmers protest against the Central clearance for coal bed methane exploration in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, as they fear it will devastate agriculture in Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts. THE woes of the delta farmers of Tamil Nadu are far from over. While the Cauvery tangle continues unresolved, they fear the proposed multi-crore project for commercial exploration and exploitation of coal bed methane (CBM) in the Mannargudi block of Tiruvarur district will prove...
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