In her pre-Independence Day address, the President of India advocated the need for enhanced transparency and Accountability in government, stressing the need for the adoption of rational and practical approaches in addressing these challenges. Her choice of qualifiers is significant, since the need for reform is especially being felt in government contracts, with recent government initiatives such as enacting a formal public procurement law for India, and for laying down...
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Hazare group's methods annoy Aruna Roy, others by Vidya Subrahmaniam
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) said on Saturday that while it fully backed anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team on their right to agitate for a Jan Lokpal Bill, it had strong reservations over the methods adopted by the group and disagreed with the provisions of their Bill. The NCPRI objected in particular to the ultimatums flowing from Ramlila Maidan — where Mr. Hazare is fasting...
More »‘Some serious sidestepping is coming from the judicial institution’ by Arun Jaitley
The first thing that comes to our mind is — and this has nothing to do with this particular case — that even in 2003, when this misconduct was continuing, how come such persons get to be appointed? It really seriously means that we have to revisit that process. Originally, when the Constitution was framed, we had a system where judges were appointed by the executive in consultation with the...
More »Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Rural Development interviewed by Ruhi Tewari
Bringing an aggressive outlook to the ministry of rural development, Jairam Ramesh, who took charge of the portfolio in July, has attempted to address and fast-track contentious issues such as the proposed land acquisition legislation and the census for identifying households below the poverty line (BPL). Ramesh spoke in an interview about his blueprint for the ministry and revisiting controversial elements, including identifying the poor and poverty caps imposed by...
More »NRHM scheme: HC seeks reply from UP govt
-The Times of India The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government that if 'all was well' in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme, why there has been so much of hue and cry. The state, earlier, had denied any NRHM scam and then concededCBI probe in case, the CAG was able to establish, prima facie, swindling of funds. The bench of Justice Pradeep Kant...
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