-Hindustan Times With the rising costs of campaigns, parties have increasing incentives to field richer candidates with criminal cases against them — precisely those who do a worse job of representing and working for the welfare of their constituents. Are Members of Parliament (MPs) genuinely interested in giving back to the voters who elected them? Since 1993, MPs have been allotted money under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)...
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SC push for electoral reforms: Candidates now have to declare source of income as well
-The Indian Express The landmark order is intended to bring in more transparency in the poll process and comes ahead of elections scheduled to several states. So far, candidates only needed to reveal their income, not the sources. New Delhi: Candidates contesting polls will now have to disclose their sources of income and that of their family members. The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a petition filed by NGO Lok Prahari which...
More »Union Budget 2018-19: An exercise in jugglery of numbers, say civil society groups
-Press Release by National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) New Delhi: Calling this year’s union budget ‘just an exercise in manipulation of numbers,’ veteran activist Medha Patkar asked, “When the major decisions like the demonetisation and GST are taken between two budgets then what’s the relevance of the Budget?,” at a panel discussion on the analysis of this year’s union budget with a special focus on Handloom, Fisheries, Dalits, Adivasis, Forest,...
More »MP's largest govt maternity hospital denies discharge for newborns without 'Aadhaar' -Jamal Ayub
-The Times of India BHOPAL (M.P.): Without an Aadhaar registration, new-borns in Bhopal's Sultania hospital are being refused discharge. In no uncertain terms, a dictate by hospital administration, instructs hospital staff, ward in-charge and security guards, not to allow new-borns to leave hospital premises unless registration unique ID is produced. The need for 12-digit unique Aadhaar number for babies born is pasted across the largest maternity hospital in Madhya Pradesh. "These instructions...
More »Communal incidents rose 17% last year from 2016 -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Communal incidents across the country rose to 822 last year from 703 in 2016, reversing the falling trend seen in the preceding year. As many as 111 persons were killed and 2,384 injured due to communal violence in 2017, up from 86 killed and 2,321 injured in 2016. In 2016, communal incidents were down from the levels seen in 2015 (751). The death toll in 2017...
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