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Tackling corruption in India -Sandip Sukhtankar and Milan Vaishnav

-Livemint.com Political is perhaps the most straightforward component of anti-corruption policy Last year on the campaign trail, Narendra Modi touted the catchy slogan, “Na khaunga na khane dunga”. If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were elected to power, Modi would neither indulge in corruption, nor tolerate it in his government. It was, at least in part, on the basis of such pledges that BJP stormed to power in the 2014 general...

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Private companies won’t be in anti-graft law net -Siddharta

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government has virtually ruled out amending the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to extend it to the private sector, a move that was recommended by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money to check the circulation of unaccounted wealth in the education and religious institutions. Sources in the government indicated that extending the scope of the anti-corruption law to companies and private individuals could...

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PM relents, may agree to amend Land Bill -Puja Mehra & Smita Gupta

-The Hindu To help break the impasse on the Bill, the Cabinet decided on adding a provision to enable the States to frame and pass their own laws. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, deliberated on Tuesday a proposal to amend the Land Bill to give flexibility to the States to frame their own laws for land acquisition, a demand various Chief Ministers aired at the July 15 meeting...

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Vyapam scam: UN body calls for probe into death of journalist Akshay Singh

-PTI UNITED NATIONS: The head of a UN agency mandated to defend freedom of expression has called on Indian authorities to investigate the mysterious death of TV reporter Akshay Singh while covering the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, saying crimes against journalists must not go unpunished. Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Irina Bokova expressed condolences to Singh's family, friends and colleagues and urged the authorities to...

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CVC probes babus over 47 missing SEZ files -Pradeep Thakur

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission has started an investigation against senior officials of the commerce ministry for 47 missing files of Special Economic Zones allocated to some of the country's top companies. The SEZ files in question went missing from the ministry after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) began reviewing the concessional land allotment made to the companies in some of the country's favoured...

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