-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government is slated to introduce a bill to amend the RTI Act excluding political parties from the ambit of the law in LokSabha on Monday. The bill will be introduced by minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions V Narayanasamy. The bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet on August 1 and has been under fire from eminent citizens and RTI activists. The...
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Eye on transparency, another new outfit formed
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Taking on the rampant money and muscle power in politics, a new Political Party, Nav Bharat Democratic Party, was launched on Thursday, promising clean candidates and transparent democracy. The party helmed by a motley group of professions, including a retired naval officer, entrepreneurs, lawyers and others, promised to provide an accountable government. The party will field candidates, including working professionals, entrepreneurs and veteran politicians, weaned away...
More »Aam Aadmi Party volunteers protest globally against planned RTI amendments
-ANI WASHINGTON: Volunteers and Friends of Aam Aadmi Party in the United States, Singapore and Australia organized protests during the weekend against the planned amendment to the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the upcoming parliament session. The protests were planned to show the strong public demand for transparency in political parties as well as the anger against the any amendments to the act by vested interests. Protesters gathered in front of the...
More »Food security Bill: Separating wheat from chaff -Ravish Tiwari
-The Indian Express As the Parliament session begins, it would be interesting to see how the food Bill debate pans out and what the stands parties take say about them. Both the main ideological opponents of the ruling Congress - the BJP and Left - have sounded a discordant note. However, their objections are more perfunctory in nature than anything else. The Left, which had so vehemently pushed the job scheme MNREGS as...
More »37% of MPLAD funds lying unspent in India, UP biggest contributor -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: No matter how much the MPs (member of parliament) assert on the need to increase the fund given to them for local area development, the reality is that they fail to spend what even they have. Chief minister of Himanchal Pradesh, veer Bhadra Singh is the only exception. In an assessment of Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme expenditure by ministry for statistics and...
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