-The Hindu Noting that whistleblowers who raise their voice against corruption in government need to be protected, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Centre a week’s time to report back on the time required for setting up a foolproof interim mechanism to receive complaints and protect the lives of whistleblowers till a law is enacted in Parliament. “Till the time there is a law, you [the Union government] create a mechanism...
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In MP, 1 officer caught everyday for taking bribe -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: In what is a shocking reminder on rampant corruption among babus in Madhya Pradesh, the official figures of special police establishment (SPE), Lokayukta, reveals that at least one official was caught taking bribe every day in the year 2015. And this is the consecutive third year when the average is close to one 'babu' being caught everyday while taking bribe. As per the official figures a total...
More »A diluted Bill -V Venkatesan
-Frontline The JanLokpal Bill passed by the Delhi Assembly on December 3 fails to meet the goals of the 2011 anti-corruption movement and is a pale shadow of the 2014 Bill. IT took the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, which came to power in Delhi with a massive mandate in the Assembly elections held in February, 10 months to seek to fulfil one of its key election promises: the passage of...
More »Rs. 1.4 lakh crore cess money lies idle -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu The funds collected can be used only for the designated purpose and cannot be diverted More than Rs. 1.4 lakh crore of funds collected by the government under various cesses for purposes as varied as higher education, road development and the welfare of construction workers are lying unutilised, shows an analysis by The Hindu of a Comptroller and Auditor-General report on government finances and answers by Ministers in the Lok...
More »Government says it protected India’s interests at WTO talks
-The Hindu Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables statement in Lok Sabha. Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, rejected charges by the opposition parties that the government was unable to protect India’s interests at the recently concluded Nairobi Ministerial Conference of the WTO. “India negotiated hard to ensure that the WTO continues to place the interests of developing countries and LDCs at the centre of its agenda,” according to a statement tabled by Ms. Sitharaman, who...
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