-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has unearthed systematic fraud and neglect, showing how Taxpayers' money is virtually going down the drain. The report, which could be tabled in Parliament soon, reveals a...
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Maharashtra govt spent Rs 3.71 crore on Adarsh probe panel: RTI query -Vaibhav Ganjapure
-The Times of India NAGPUR: Maharashtra government disclosed that it had incurred a expenditure of Rs 3.71 crore on probe panel of much-hyped Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai. This led to rest the speculations about total amount spent on the scam report drafted by Justice JA Patil and former bureaucrat P Subramaniam. Earlier, it was speculated that the government had spent Rs7 crore on the panel constituted in 2011 by...
More »Delivering services to aam aadmi -Karthik Muralidharan
-The Indian Express Policy design should worry less about public versus private, and more about choice and accountability. The most noteworthy aspect of the Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto is the explicit focus on service delivery. This is what its government will be evaluated on, and attention has shifted from the AAP's political success to how it will deliver on these promises. The ideas below reflect learnings from over a decade of research...
More »Activists say subsidy waste of public money
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Opposition parties and activists who have been campaigning against private discoms and tariff hikes slammed the government's decision to increase the subsidy on power consumption on Tuesday. While BJP criticized the move, Congress said it is analyzing the implications of the subsidy announcement. BJP said money meant for welfare schemes would be spent on the increased subsidy. "He is giving subsidy to people at the cost...
More »CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps another promise, cuts power bills 50% by raising subsidy -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Moving at a feverish pitch to fulfill the second most important of his poll promises, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal gave 80% of the capital's electricity consumers cause to ring in the new year with much cheer. They will be paying half of what they had to pay so far with the tariff for consumption up to 400 units a month slashed by 50%, thanks to...
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