-The Economic Times If India is now debating opening the books and operations of Political Parties to the public, it's because of these six people who pulled strategic levers and applied relentless pressure. Soma Banerjee traces a four-year effort that converted intent to action Balwant Singh Khera, a politician from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, is not a name that will strike a chord in mainstream politics or social discourse today. It might in...
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With universal PDS, TN lukewarm about Food Security Bill-T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu State officials are apprehensive of targeted coverage and allocations Chennai: The National Food Security Bill, which is again in news these days, may be generating much excitement in most parts of the country, but not in Tamil Nadu. The reason: a more comprehensive model in the form of universal public distribution system is in place. Successive State governments in Tamil Nadu have held that the coverage of the PDS should be...
More »No move to amend RTI Act for immunity to Political Parties: Govt
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government is not considering to amend the RTI Act to give immunity to Political Parties from providing information after the recent Central Information Commission's order brought them under the transparency law. Officials in the department of personnel and training (DoPT), which acts as nodal department for the implementation of RTI Act, said they have gone through the CIC's order and there was nothing that warranted their intervention. "If a...
More »AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal reveals his wealth to get his party’s ticket; turns out to be crorepati
-Dainik Bhaskar New Delhi: Normally it is considered that prominent netas of Political Parties have a birth right at a seat in the parliament as they are given tickets from party bastion to ensure that they win the elections. For examples when Rahul Gandhi forayed into politics, he was given ticket in Amethi which is like a Congress fortress, un-breachable by any other political unit. Some don't even have to fight...
More »For more aware citizens, more accountable parties -Shailesh Gandhi
-The Indian Express Should Political Parties be brought under the RTI? Two former central information commissioners debate On reading The Indian Express editorial ('Party police', June 5) and Pratap Bhanu Mehta's article ('Party fixing', IE, June 6) about the CIC order declaring that six Political Parties are public authorities, I felt they had missed a crucial point. The decision of the commission has been based on the RTI Act. The act states...
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