-The Times of India BANGALORE: India has one of the worst records in the trickle-down of wealth. As of last year, for every one billionaire in India, there were just 26 ultra high net-worth individuals (UHNIs)-those whose net assets are over $30 million excluding their primary Residence. In Japan, for every billionaire there were 609 UHNIs. In Brazil and South Africa, which are comparable emerging markets, the ratio was 1:129 and 1:119...
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RTI hero Arvind Kejriwal won’t share information
-The Hindustan Times Arvind Kejriwal may have been a champion of the Right to Information Act but his government seems bent on stonewalling requests for information on several key decisions taken by it. It's been more than a month since Dev Ashish Bhattacharya of Noida filed two applications under the transparency law. These have made the rounds of 22 departments - most of them with no connection to the subject matter -...
More »A Critique of The Draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 -Amba Salelkar
-Kafila.org The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill was meant to be an enactment to codify India's obligations under the UNCRPD, which it ratified without reservations. There was a Committee set up in 2009 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, headed by Smt. Sudha Kaul, to draft a Bill to this effect. Like the UNCRPD says, the Committee included different people with disabilities - across disabilities - to draft...
More »Free water and pipe dreams -Neha Sinha
-The Indian Express AAP's 700 litres will create challenges in sewage treatment and groundwater replenishment New Delhi: Twenty four hours after he came to power, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was to resolve the issue of giving the citizens of Delhi free water up to 700 litres per day. Water holds pride of place on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) manifesto, which says that the party is "committed to ensuring that...
More »Out of Jayanthi’s office, house, over 350 files, a couple from 2011-Anubhuti Vishnoi
-The Indian Express As new Environment Minister Veerappa Moily took charge at Paryavaran Bhavan, nearly 350 files were found to have been held back by predecessor Jayanthi Natarajan and her office. Documents accessed by The Indian Express show that as many as 180 of these files, returned from her Residence on December 22, 23 and 24, were unsigned. But 119 were signed files which were still held back by the minister for...
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