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Central Vigilance Commission penalises over 200 officials for graft in September

-PTI   Over 200 government officials have been penalised for their alleged involvement in corruption by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) during September this year.  Out of the total of 201 government employees, the highest number of 46 were from Central Board of Excise and Customs, 29 from Syndicate Bank, 20 from State Bank of India and 13 each from Delhi Development Authority and Ministry of Railways among others, a CVC report said.  Besides...

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Farmers dump paddy for more profitable vegetables by Nidhi Nath Srinivas

Sivadasan's five-acre farm used to be a solitary patch in Kerala's Palakkad district, with bitter gourd, cucumber, cow peas and lady's finger growing amid a landscape dotted with paddy fields and plantations of rubber and spices.  Just five years later, more than 1.45 lakh farmers in the southern state have joined Sivadasan and started growing vegetables, reflecting a palpable shift sweeping across the Indian countryside.  "Vegetables are always more profitable than paddy,"...

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‘Justice Katju has only reiterated views (on regulating media) that were there before’ by Archna Shukla

In this Idea Exchange moderated by Senior Editor Archna Shukla, I&B minister Ambika Soni speaks about self-regulation by the media, empowering the Press Council of India and the Congress party’s stand on corruption Archna Shukla: There is a growing perception that the government is unhappy with media criticism. The editor of a leading English daily publicly claimed that government advertisements have been stopped to his publication. Is the government being vindictive? I have...

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114.91 lakh tonnes of paddy procured in Punjab this season

-PTI   More than 114.91 lakh tonnes of paddy has been procured by government agencies and private millers in Punjab during the ongoing kharif season till last evening, as against 120.81 lakh tonnes during the corresponding period of the previous year. An official spokesman here today said that out of the total procurement of 114.91 lakh tonnes of paddy, government agencies have procured 110.93 lakh tonnes (96.5 per cent) and private traders have...

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Will a 20 penalty for delays chasten babus? by ND Shiva Kumar

While the Karnataka government's decision to penalize officers if they delay services is laudable, the penalty itself is too low to act as a deterrent. For instance, an officer in Punjab is fined Rs 500 per day, if he exceeds the stipulated time in delivering service to a citizen, but an officer in Karnataka will be fined a meagre Rs 20 per day. The penalty amount is given to the...

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