-Outlook The UPA government seems too keen on giving the press council what Katju seeks Powerful Enough? Among the powers the PCI now wields are the following: Power to censure, warn and admonish on receipt of a complaint, after giving the publication a chance to be heard The same powers as a civil court to summon and enforce attendance, examine persons under oath ...
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Jairam wants financial institution for self-help groups-Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu "If we are going to be serious about supporting women's SHGs, then we need a development finance institution" Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's proposal to establish a bank exclusively for women - which he described as the highlight of this year's budget - may have garnered applause from across party lines in Parliament and could be set up as early as October; but that hasn't stopped his Cabinet colleague and Rural...
More »Govt plans law to ensure 22.5% spending on dalits, tribals -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India The Centre is mulling a law to ensure that 22.5% of the Union Budget is exclusively spent for dalit and tribal welfare, a move seen as an outreach to the Congress support base that is bristling at the party's failure on the flagship demand to restore reservation in promotions. A law on dalit and tribal sub-plans would go beyond the symbolic to bind the government to...
More »EC's demand on voluntary donations referred to Law Commission
-PTI The Election Commission's demand that the limit of Rs 20,000 be removed to make it mandatory for parties to show on record all voluntary donations, irrespective of the sum, has been referred to the Law Commission which is working on the issue of electoral reforms. Since the poll panel's recommendation requires amending the Representation of People's Act, the government has decided to wait for the Law Commission's recommendations on electoral reforms...
More »Drought-hit farmers allege Sharad Pawar's partymen are stealing their water-Sreenivasan Jain
-NDTV Solapur: Drought has tightened its grip over Maharashtra. But ask the people of the drought hit village of Ropala in Solapur district, the epicentre of Maharahstra's drought, and they will tell you it is a crisis created not by nature but political clout. The villagers live just a few miles from the Ujani dam, one of Maharashtra's biggest, but don't receive a drop if its water. They claim it's because influential people divert...
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