-The Times of India Ashok Khemka has become famous as a much-transferred IAS officer, but he is far from being the only one to have been shunted ever so often. An analysis of the executive record (ER) sheets of thousands of IAS officers currently in service reveals that frequent transfers are depressingly common. It shows that about two-thirds of the officers have had average tenures of 18 months or less. The analysis...
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'Civil society recommends rejection of Parliamentary Committee report on amendment of RTI Act'
-Association for Democratic Reforms Press Release New Delhi: The amendment made in the RTI Act by the Parliament that proposed to keep political parties outside its ambit has been approved by the Parliamentary Committee, entrusted with the task of reviewing it despite much opposition from civil society organizations and citizens. In a landmark decision on June 3, 2013, the Central Information Commission (CIC) pronounced that the political parties (INC, BJP, CPM,...
More »Anu Aga's lone dissent note on excluding political parties from RTI-Kavita Chowdhury
-The Business Standard Says she considers political parties to be public authorities because they get substantive financial funding from the government of India While a parliamentary Standing committee today supported the move to keep political parties outside the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, committee member Anu Aga, (former chairperson of Thermax Ltd) was the lone voice of dissent on the 29 member panel. Aga who is a nominated member...
More »Good Governance, Corruption Free Rule Matter: Indian Inc
-Outlook Indian Inc today said the outcome of elections in the four states should be seen as a strong message to the government as well as political parties for ensuring corruption-free rule and good governance. "Congress has been shown the door for poor political leadership and unconvincing approach to corruption," said businesswoman Kiran Mazumdar Shaw in a stern message as the poll results pouring in showed rout-like situation for the party in...
More »Ahead of polls, limits to political funding by corporates removed -Amitav Ranjan
-The Indian Express Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the UPA government has made it free for business houses to donate without limit to parties or persons for political purposes. All that a corporate now has to do is float a company with a name that has the words "electoral trust" in it. A different reading of the law, ratified by the department of legal affairs in the law ministry in October...
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