-The Indian Express In the seven years between 2004 and 2011, the Congress received over Rs 2,004 crore from donors; the BJP got about Rs 994 crore. Smaller and regional parties too got significant sums. These amounts were declared by parties; however, the source of over 85 per cent of donations is not known. The parties say donors gave sums less than Rs 20,000, and need not be made public. The Election Commission's...
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CM launches housing scheme for rural poor
-The Indian Express Lucknow: The Akhilesh Yadav government today launched the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Gramin Awas Yojna by distributing Cheques of the first instalment of financial assistance promised to the rural poor for constructing pucca houses under the scheme. According to the scheme, the state government will provide Rs 1 lakh to rural poor who do not own a pucca house. The state government will give an additional Rs 15,000...
More »PIO not penalised, RTI applicant sends back compensation Cheque to SIC -Partha Sarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Researcher Meenal Rege has returned a Cheque for Rs 1,000 to the office of the Pune bench of State Information Commission (SIC). This is the second time she is doing so. Rege says the Cheque, sent to her by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) as a compensation on the SIC's order after she was denied information under the Right to Information Act, 2005, had "added insult to my...
More »Second phase of cash transfers may cover jobs scheme- Surabhi Agarwal, Kirthi V Rao and Elizabeth Roche
-Live Mint Attempt to broad-base direct benefits transfer plan may help shore up the Congress’s standing among rural population The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government plans to include its flagship rural job guarantee programme in the second phase of its ambitious direct benefits transfer (DBT) plan, under which beneficiaries of social welfare programmes will receive money directly in their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. The attempt to broad-base the cash transfer plan before several...
More »Odisha: Land Acquisition for Posco Continues for Third Day
-Outlook Paradip (Odisha): Land acquisition for Posco's steel project continued peacefully for the third day today in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district even as anti-Posco protestors were planning to take out a rally in defiance of prohibitory orders. "Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in Patana village to prevent a law and order problem and violators will be taken into custody," Collector S K Mallick said. "Land acquisition is progressing smoothly....
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