-The Times of India MANGALORE: Mangalore tahsildar Ravichandra Naik will have to cough up Rs 5,000 as penalty for not providing information on time to an applicant under the RTI Act. Karnataka Information Commission penalized Ravichandra for failing to provide information under the Act to applicant B Prakash Bhat, who had sought information related to Bantwal taluk office, where at the time of the complaint Naik was the tahsildar. Prakash filed an...
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Lean, mean scheme -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demand India’s rural development programmes are in for an overhaul. After the approval of the 12th Plan by the National Development Council (NDC) on December 27, 2012, the government has started restructuring of the behemoth called Centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs). In the Plan (2012-17) the Centre has committed Rs 541,276 crore for CSSs covering rural development,...
More »States' debt-GSDP ratio improves in FY10-12: Icra
-PTI Financial performance of the states with relation to indicators of debt servicing such as debt as a proportion to revenue receipts and gross state domestic product (GSDP) has improved between 2009-10 and 2011-12, says an Icra report. While states like Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal remain relatively more indebted, Karnataka, Odisha and Chhattisgarh have displayed a superior performance in 2011-12 in terms of their debt relative to revenue receipts. Chhattisgarh,...
More »Flash flood hits Jim Corbett park, tourists evacuated -Neha Shukla
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The incessant rains in the past two days and the ensuing flash flood forced the Corbett National Park evacuate tourists on Saturday and close down the park for 24 hours. The park was reopened on Sunday afternoon. The park authorities said that the streams that ran down the park's length and breadth were so strong that even the tourist vehicles would have flown away. "That's why we...
More »Odisha villagers propose to pay Rs 35 crore to government if Hindalco’s plan to mine bauxite in Koraput is halted- Meera Mohanty
-The Economic Times KORAPUT/NEW DELHI: Villagers protesting against Hindalco's plan to mine bauxite at Mali Parbat in the Koraput district in Odisha have come up with a unique proposal that offers to compensate the state for its loss in revenue from royalty. Forty one villages from the district, two thirds of whose largely tribal population live below poverty line, have proposed to soon pass panchayat resolutions promising to pay Rs 35 crore,...
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