-The Economic Times One in four posts of government statisticians are lying vacant, the government has told a parliamentary committee. The news comes amidst repeated criticism by analysts of the quality of official government data in recent months. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has told the parliament standing committee on finance that there are about 26% vacancies in the Indian statistical Services and Subordinate Statistical Service. According to the report...
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CBI graft report: 2000 cases, 16 chargesheets-Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
The CBI registered over 2,000 corruption cases against public servants in the past three years but has been able to file chargesheets in only 16 cases. A senior CBI official blamed two factors: staff shortage and government departments’ stalling tactics on sanctioning prosecution or investigation. The complicated nature of the cases taken up by the CBI means the agency often has to scrutinise volumes of documents and examine hundreds of witnesses, he...
More »Chief information commissioner appointment may hit a roadblock-Joseph John
BHOPAL: The state government move to appoint chief information commissioner (CIC) by the end of April may hit a roadblock with the Supreme Court stating Friday that it would lay down guidelines to ensure that posts of information commissioners at the centre and state commissions do not become "property of a political set-up". The post of state's CIC is lying vacant following the retirement of P P Tiwari on March 26...
More »Information chief wants state to limit Right to Information pleas-Sandeep Ashar
MUMBAI: At a time when there is intense debate on changes introduced by the state governmentto the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the state information commission has recommended curbs on the number of appeals a person can file. Arguing that multiple appeals and applications filed by the same individuals were hampering disposal of the RTI appeals and delaying discharge of information, acting state information commissioner Bhaskar Patil has asked the government...
More »Sibal sets 10-point agenda for RTE
-The Deccan Herald Urges all chief ministers to ensure proper implementation of the Act The Centre on Thursday directed the states to ensure that educational institutions falling under the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act adhere to its recommendations. “Implement and monitor admission of children from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections u/s 12(1)(c) in all unaided non-minority schools,” wrote Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, in a letter to...
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