-NDTV Lawmakers have to quit if they are convicted of a crime and can't stay on regardless of appeals to higher courts, the Supreme Court today said, in a big leap towards cleaning up Indian politics. The top court struck down a provision in the Representation of the People's Act (RPA) that protects convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification if they appeal to a higher court. "The disqualification takes place from the date...
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When friends and foes are all the same-MK Venu
-The Hindu The hostility to the UPA's food security Bill from both its allies and the Opposition stems not from substantial objections to the draft law itself but from other political grouses The decision to bring an ordinance to provide food security to 67 per cent of the country's population was received with much hostility by the Opposition parties last week. The latter seemed surprised that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) could...
More »Cong may launch food security scheme on Aug 20
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Congress is planning a grand rollout of the food security scheme, likely on Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary on August 20, in what appears a strong bid to woo the vast beneficiary group ahead of the 2014 elections. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will meet party chief ministers and key leaders on Saturday to hammer out the strategy for a big bang launch of the food law that...
More »Lawyer challenges Food Security Ordinance in Supreme Court Reported -A Vaidyanathan and Mala Das
-NDTV A lawyer has challenged the contentious Food Security Ordinance in the Supreme Court, terming it as "illegal". The Centre's ambitious welfare programme is now a law after receiving President Pranab Mukherjee's assent on Friday; the scheme provides subsidised food to nearly 800 million or 67 per cent of the population and is being viewed as a major vote-getter in the national elections, due by May. Advocate ML Sharma today filed a...
More »Food security bill has a sting in the tail for Maharashtra-Yogesh Pawar
-DNA The Centre may have used the ordinance mode to push through with the Food Security Bill in the hope that this will bring political dividends but many of its stipulations will lead to serious challenges, even in a Cong-NCP ruled state like Maharashtra. On one hand, the total food grain availability in the state will go up from 3.95 lakh tonnes to 4.25 lakh tonnes, but only 75% from existing...
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