-The Hindustan Times Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai’s comments on Thursday at the Harvard Kennedy School (US)— saying his office was advised by the ‘highest in the land’ not to ‘exceed our mandate’ and get into auditing policy formulation — sparked off a war of words between the government and the opposition. Pointing out that constitutional authorities should circumscribe by “Lakshman Rekha propriety”, I&B minister Manish Tewari on Friday said...
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At Harvard, CAG slams government, netas
-The Times of India Harvard's prestigious Kennedy School on Thursday provided the setting forComptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai to hit out at the Manmohan Singhgovernment for attempting to reduce the federal auditor to a Mere accountant with no real role in auditing policy. Speaking at the school of public affairs, Rai made an indirect but unmistakable reference to the government's criticism of the CAG's 2G report, saying, "We were...
More »Cabinet approves Rs.38,500 cr rural road development plan-Elizabeth Roche, Aman Malik and Ragini Verma
-Live Mint Proposal aimed at beefing up security, besides making sure development reaches neglected parts of India A day after the government pledged the partial decontrol of sugar in the next fortnight, the Union cabinet on Thursday approved a set of significant measures aimed at tackling Maoist insurgency and asserting its strategic hold over an area claimed by neighbouring China. The measures approved involve upgrading rural road connectivity with special emphasis on...
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-Kafila.org In a speech delivered at the Reuters memorial lecture in November 2012 at Oxford University discussing the Indian news industry, Prannoy Roy candidly said that ”Indian news is currently in a race to the bottom”. He further added that upon comparing the average TV viewership in India (1 hour) to that in the US (5 hours), one is led to the utterly dismal conclusion that this race is far from...
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-The Hindu The case of the juvenile offender in the Delhi gang rape is a wake-up call for investing more in a protection scheme that will stop children from turning to crime During the 11 years I worked with the eMergency helpline service Childline, I have had the opportunity to befriend many children who live on the edge of society. Among them was 11-year-old Arif, who lived with a gang of boys...
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