-The Hindu India is among the world champions of social underspending. Without enlightened social policies, growth mania is unlikely to deliver more under the new government than it did under the previous one Few people today remember the letter written on August 7, 2013 by Mr. Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In this letter, available on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) website, Mr. Modi criticised...
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Delhi’s drainage, desilting and flood control a big fraud: CAG -Josy Joseph
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has unearthed systematic fraud and neglect, showing how taxpayers' money is virtually going down the drain. The report, which could be tabled in Parliament soon, reveals a...
More »Narmada dam oustees oppose NCA decision -Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu ‘What is the basis for raising dam height?' Even as the official-level Narmada Control Authority (NCA) asserted that all project-affected families facing displacement at the present height of the Narmada dam had been "resettled," several people still living in the submergence villages arrived here on Tuesday from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat seeking a hearing from the Central government. The oustees, many of who are struggling for the last 29 years,...
More »Maharashtra government sitting on Scams involving 4,500 crore, finds CAG report -Chittaranjan Tembhekar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is still sitting on Scams involving losses of around Rs 4,500 crore of public money, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed. In its report released on Saturday, the CAG has pointed out that state departments had failed to explain and audit queries/observations involving the around Rs 4,500 crore-loss of the public exchequer. According to the CAG, by June 2013, there were 4,760...
More »In wheat bowl Madhya Pradesh, ghost farmers drain coffers of Rs 60 crore -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh which prides itself to be the new grain bowl of India is rocked by Rs 60-crore wheat Scam, according to investigations conducted by TOI in just eight of 51 districts of the state. More than 2 lakh quintals of wheat procured in 2013-14 in eight districts have gone missing. Payments have been made by co-operative societies, but wheat purchased from farmers was not deposited...
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