State links PDS to UID to plug leakages in food supplies but gaps remain Madhya Pradesh has opted for the technologically most sophisticated—and costliest—method for revamping its public distribution system (PDS). It is one of a handful of states that is trying to ensure that subsidised food reaches the segment it is meant for, the poorest of the population or those below the poverty line (BPL). But the route it has...
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Note placed by CPI(M) at all-party meeting on the issue of Lokpal
-The Hindu Following is the note placed by the CPI(M) at the all-party meeting held by the Government on the issue of the Lokpal today. August 24, 2011 Stand of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lokpal: For An Effective Anti-Corruption Body Introduction Corruption has become a major public concern in the wake of successive scams unfolding over the past few years. In a country like India, where millions of people still suffer from acute poverty,...
More »Towards transparency in public procurement by Sandeep Verma
In her pre-Independence Day address, the President of India advocated the need for enhanced transparency and accountability in government, stressing the need for the adoption of rational and practical approaches in addressing these challenges. Her choice of qualifiers is significant, since the need for reform is especially being felt in government contracts, with recent government initiatives such as enacting a formal public procurement law for India, and for laying down...
More »‘Murdochisation' of the Indian media by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Alice Seabright
Its facets include concentration of media ownership and the transformation of news into a commodity. THE last two decades have witnessed a dramatic transformation of India's ‘mediascape' – a term first used by Arjun Appadurai, an academic of Indian origin based in the United States, to describe how visual imagery impacts the world and to describe and situate the role of the mass media in global cultural flows. While there...
More »Centre to spend Rs.30,000 crore on linking villages with broadband- by SANDEEP JOSHI
The Centre will spend around Rs.30,000 crore on providing more than 2.5 lakh villages with broadband connectivity through optical fibre, Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Infrastructure, Innovation and Information, said on Monday. He was speaking to journalists after launching Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's voice and video telephony over Internet protocol (VVoIP) here. “We need 30,000-40,000 km more of optical fibre…we probably need Rs.25,000-Rs.30,000 crore for all this. We are...
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