-The Indian Express New Delhi: Three years after India Against Corruption (IAC) imploded and the Aam Aadmi Party was born, its activist core minus the saffron periphery have launched what is arguably the largest movement against the NDA government over the land acquisition ordinance. About 5,000 farmers from across India descended on the dirt tracks of Palwal, Haryana, in a sea of green and white flags on Friday. Over the next four...
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-Business Standard Intellectual property policy should focus on implementation A preliminary draft of a new intellectual property rights policy for India has been the occasion for much discussion. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman even felt it necessary to assert on Twitter that the proposed revamp is not meant to appease the United States, given that this remains a major outstanding irritant in relations between the two countries. The government has argued that the...
More »Amendments to anti-graft law soft on private sector, fall short of UN convention -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The NDA government, which came riding on a huge anti-corruption wave wiping out Congress last year, has dropped crucial Amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act that would have ensured India ratifying the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Sources said the government has not considered incorporating Article 12 and 16 of the UNCAC in the proposed Amendments to the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act likely to...
More »Govt for child labour bill in budget session
-PTI Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya says there is a need for a total ban on child labour for children age up to 14 years The government will take up the bill on prohibition of child labour in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament. The session is to commence on February 23, while the Union Budget 2015-16 will be presented on February 28. "Child protection bill is to be produced in the next session of...
More »RSS outfits, Opposition may unite against land ordinance -Smita Gupta
-The Hindu Opposition parties, including the newly resurgent Aam Aadmi Party, a slew of people's movements and even RSS affiliates, have decided to join hands to challenge the Centre on the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance. Emboldened by the results of the Delhi Assembly elections, these groups plan to hold protests together in the capital from February 22 to 24, coinciding with the start of the Budget Session of Parliament. For the ruling NDA,...
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