-The Hindu The GARV app puts pressure on State governments for timely and quality delivery “I am going to turn everything into an app and I am going to allow people to monitor daily what work we are doing, what work States are doing” — Piyush Goyal, March 23, 2016 at the Power Focus Summit Rural electrification has been an enduring challenge for successive governments. Given India’s federal structure, States provide last-mile connectivity...
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‘Please sir, I want some more’ -Sweta Goswami
-The Hindu The underprivileged have raised their voice for effective implementation of the National Food Security Act New Delhi: Ahead of the Delhi government Budget, the city’s underprivileged have raised their voice for effective implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the Capital and demanded an increase in its budgetary allocation. Representing hundreds of poor people in Delhi, NGO Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyaan met over 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs to...
More »Social audit of MGNREGA conducted in one-third of districts
Social audit is an important tool not just to ensure transparency and accountability in the MGNREGS, but also for successful running of the programme. The MIS (Management Information System) data provided by the website www.nrega.nic.in reveals that at the national-level roughly one-third of all districts were covered under social audit during the financial year 2015-16, as on 26 March, 2016. The top 5 states during 2015-16 (FY) in terms of the...
More »Data Reveals Decline in Access to Information Since BJP Came to Power -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in There appears to be a deliberate effort to restrict the access to information and move away from transparency in governance. New Delhi: Since the Narendra Modi government came to power, access to information through the Right to Information (RTI) Act has diminished greatly, according to the annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) for 2014-15. The number of instances where information was denied for reasons other than those permitted under...
More »Decline in RTI queries and replies worries activists -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a blow to transparency in governance, the number of RTI queries have declined as have the number of public authorities submitting data on the legislation. The annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) shows that a total of 7.55 lakh RTI applications were filed in 2014-2015, a decline of 79,000 since last year. Almost 90,000 RTI applications were pending decision at the start of...
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