-The Business Standard Too many baseless conclusions are being drawn from bad data The Planning Commission, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) are being overseen by some of the brightest minds in the Indian government for many years now. Both together and individually they have made a travesty of the data being brought out, debated and used for...
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Bihar says no industry at cost of agriculture
-PTI The Bihar government which would implement a new industrial policy from July 1, will not help industry in acquiring fertile land or any crop land. "We will not acquire even a single crop land. We want industry, but not at the cost of agriculture ," Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi said today at the sidelines of ICC AGM here. Modi said state did not wish to acquire land against the wishes...
More »''Lokpal Bill will be tabled in Parliament in monsoon session''
-PTI With an all-party meeting scheduled on July 3 to discuss the Lokpal Bill, it would be subsequently tabled in the Parliament in the monsoon session, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayansamy said today. The "bill will certainly be tabled" before the Parliament in the monsoon session starting on August 1, Narayanasamy told reporters at the airport here, adding, Congress alone was taking efforts to bring in the...
More »New Govt portal Data.Gov.In launch next month to ease information search
-The Economic Times All public data-from that on glacier meltdowns to monsoon charts to benami land--will be freely available at the click of a mouse with the launch of a national data portal next month. Modeled on US chief information officer Vivek Kundra's Data.gov.us project, the science and technology ministry's portal-- data.gov.in--aims to democratize data, and make the government more "open". "We plan to launch data.gov.in by next month. Once the National...
More »Finance min asked to probe Assets of former CJI
-The Times of India The home ministry has asked the finance ministry to conduct a probe into the Assets of former Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, in what could possibly lead to action against him for allegedly possessing wealth disproportionate to his income. Sources said the ministry has written to the revenue secretary, asking him to institute an inquiry through the Central Board of Direct Taxes. "The inquiry would be...
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