-The Hindu Ranjit Sinha says CBI is part of government, not autonomous The widening sinkhole that the coal scam has become claimed its first victim on Wednesday as Additional Solicitor-General Harin Raval resigned for having misled the Supreme Court, while CBI Director Ranjit Sinha?brought the executive and the judiciary to the verge of open confrontation by stating that his agency was not an "autonomous organisation" but part of the government.? The CBI, which...
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Activists oppose forest advisory panel’s clearance of land for Kalu dam -Meena Menon
-The Hindu Shramik Mukti Sanghatana appeals to Jayanthi Natarajan not to give final nod After rejecting a proposal last year, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has recommended clearance of land for the controversial Kalu dam in Thane district, drawing sharp criticism from activists and tribals affected by the project. A letter on Thursday to Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, conveyed their "utter shock and dismay"...
More »Designate nodal officer to handle RTI applications: HC to MoF
-PTI Finance Ministry should appoint a nodal officer to distribute RTI applications to the concerned central public information officer for processing, the Delhi High Court has directed while upholding the order of Central Information Commission in this regard. The Finance Ministry has five departments-- Economic Affairs, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Services and Disinvestment. Each one of them have different sets of Central Public Information Officers for processing RTI applications but there is none to...
More »Public-pvt partnerships to fall under RTI ambit -Aditi Nigam
-The Hindu Business Line Fresh guidelines issued on procurement details, disclosure of CAG reports Public-private partnerships (PPPs) will soon come under the ambit of the RTI (right to information) as per a fresh set of guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on April 15. According to the guidelines on suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005, the DoPT says since public services are proposed to be...
More »Irregularities in implementation of national rural employment scheme: CAG audit report -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India tabled the second performance audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Parliament on Tuesday. The first performance audit was undertaken in 2007-08. The period of coverage of the first audit was February 2006 to March 2007. The present performance audit of the implementation of MGNREGA was taken up in response to a request from the ministry...
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