-The Hindu The United Progressive Alliance has brazened it out on another piece of Legislation aimed at cosseting and mollycoddling the political class. The Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2013, which overturns a Supreme Court order mandating the disqualification of lawmakers immediately upon their conviction, offends for two reasons. First, the ordinance marks the backdoor entry of a bill that faced opposition in the monsoon session of Parliament....
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Aadhaar after the interim order-Basant Kumar Mohanty and R. Balaji
-The Telegraph * Do I still need an Aadhaar card for LPG subsidy if I live in one of the districts chosen for the pilot scheme, which applies from October 31 with a grace period of three months till January 31? There is no clarity yet. The decision will be voluntary, not mandatory, if the Supreme Court's interim order is upheld in the final ruling. But the Centre said on Tuesday that...
More »Aadhaar let down: SC observations on UID may be unwarranted, but a flippant government approach hasn't helped
-The Times of India Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identification number issued to individuals, is an ambitious attempt to marry advances in technology to governance. If Aadhaar works, the state's capacity to deliver public services efficiently will increase significantly. Today, however, its efficacy stands undermined on account of the flippant attitude of the Centre and the Supreme Court's decision to venture into an area that is best left to the government. A Supreme...
More »PFRDA Bill gets President assent
-PTI President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave his assent to the Pension Bill, which provides for investment of funds in equity market and opens the sector to up to 26 per cent FDI. The long-pending Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill was passed by Parliament on September 6. "The PFRDA Bill, 2013 has received the assent of the President of India," an official statement said. The Legislation provides subscribers a wide choice...
More »Govt fixes size, language, nap time for playschools -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Government has proposed standards for playschools that include the size of the classroom and outdoor space, mandatory use of mother tongue or vernacular language as medium of instruction and student-caregiver ratio. These conditions are part of the 'early childhood care and education' (ECCE) formulated by the women and child development (WCD) ministry and slated to be discussed in the Union Cabinet on Friday. Among the "base...
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