-PTI Chennai: Flaying the Centre for "unilaterally" and "hastily" promulgating the National Food Security Ordinance 2013, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to replace the ordinance with a Bill which addresses the state's concerns. "The union Government has unilaterally and hastily promulgated the National Food Security Ordinance, 2013. Though the Ordinance claims to provide food security to all, unfortunately, contrary to such a claim, there...
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Political parties gang up, oppose apex court order on tainted politicians
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties banded together to strongly oppose the recent Supreme Court order that legislators be immediately disqualified on conviction and called on the government to take measures to undo the ruling. The all-party meeting ahead of the monsoon session on Thursday saw political parties in one voice protesting the "erosion" of Parliament's supremacy in law-making with leaders claiming the SC order is an assault on their...
More »Govt. moves to keep parties outside RTI-B Muralidhar Reddy
-The Hindu Consensus among most parties that CIC has exceeded its jurisdiction The Union Cabinet has approved draft Amendments to the Right To Information Act (RTI) that would nullify an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) bringing the six national political parties under the orbit of the Act. The draft Amendments to the RTI are expected to be moved in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on August 5 and voted upon...
More »From the granary to the plate -Jean Drèze
-The Hindu Despite its many flaws, the food security bill is an opportunity to end the leakages from the PDS and prevent wastage of public resources The National Food Security Bill, now an ordinance, has been a target of sustained attacks in the business media in recent weeks. There is nothing wrong, of course, in being critical of the bill, or even opposed to it. Indeed, the bill has many flaws. What...
More »Keeping political parties out of RTI ambit on Cabinet's agenda today -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties will be out of the purview of the RTI Act with a proposed Amendment that is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The move comes even as several prominent civil activists have petitioned PM Manmohan Singh urging him not to go ahead with the Amendments without consultation. According to sources, the government plans to amend the definition of public...
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