It is estimated that India lost 1.8 million children under five in 2008. That is more than 200 child deaths every hour, each day, or more than three deaths every minute. Out of about 25 million babies born every year in India, one million die. Most who survive do not get to grow up and develop well. About 48 per cent are stunted (sub-normal height) and 43 per cent are...
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Congress wants Anna Hazare to start campaign against Uttar Pradesh govt
Alleging that Uttar Pradesh is the most corrupt of all states, the Congress today asked social activist Anna Hazare to start a movement from the state if he wanted to start a state-based campaign. "UP is having the most corrupt system with maximum cases of human rights violation, if Hazare wants to start any such movement he should start it from here," UPPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said in a reply...
More »Include corporate sector, NGOs in Lokpal Bill scope: Digvijay
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday suggested widening the scope of the Lokpal Bill by also going into the issue of corruption in the corporate sector and NGOs as part of a comprehensive package against graft. “The anti-corruption law in the U.S. can look into the functioning of the corporate sector and the NGO sector and it should be considered,” he told journalists here. Describing anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare as a...
More »Anna optimistic, but lokayuktas fail in states by Sumit Pande
The people's hero Anna Hazare caught in further political cross fire over his praise for Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumars style of governance specifically because states like Gujarat have had no Lokayukta for the last nine years. "Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar are two chief ministers who have performed well," said Anna Hazare. Ironically though, Gujarat, unlike many other states in the Union, does not have a Lokayokta. The state enacted a...
More »Lokpal Bill should include PM too, says Santosh Hegde by Manu Aiyappa
The Jan Lokpal Bill should be modelled on the lines of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act. That's the firm belief of Lokayukta Justice Santosh N Hegde whose inclusion in the 10-member committee to draft the bill was suggested by Anna Hazare, the Gandhian who recently led the popular movement to include Civil Society in the process. Justice Hegde said the state Act has all the necessary elements to ensure success in the...
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