-PTI Aiming to make Delhi the first kerosene free city in the country, Delhi government today announced a scheme under which Cash subsidy of Rs 2,000 will be provided to each of the about 1.75 lakh households for obtaining an LPG connection and purchase of a gas stove. The ambitious scheme was announced by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while presenting the annual budget for the year 2012-13. An amount of Rs...
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NRHM scam: CBI likely to file 50 more FIRs-Abhishek Sharan
-The Hindustan Times The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme in Uttar Pradesh, is likely to register as many as 50 more cases. It will help the investigating agency track ‘beneficiaries’ who allegedly siphoned off funds from the office of chief medical officers (CMO) in 72 districts. The number of cases to be filed by the CBI will spiral as it will...
More »HC quashes Karnataka mining baron’s bail order
-The Times of India The Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday set aside the trial court order granting bail to former Karnataka minister and prime accused in an illegal mining case, Gali Janardhan Reddy. The judge who granted bail to Reddy was suspended in May amid allegations of a Cash-for-bail scam. The judge, Pattabhirama Rao, is facing criminal charges after being accused of granting bail for a bribe. The court concurred with the...
More »Govt to take up bill for rehabilitating 2 lakh scavengers
-The Economic Times The Union Cabinet is expected to take up for approval a bill that deals with manual scavenging and rehabilitation of scavengers. For nearly two years now, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has been advocating for a new law to deal with the indignities of manual scavenging and for their rehabilitation. Gandhi had, in November 2010, written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the government to take steps to...
More »As Grain Piles Up, India’s Poor Still Go Hungry-Vikas Bajaj
RANWAN, India — In this north Indian village, workers recently dismantled stacks of burned and mildewed rice while flies swarmed nearby over spoiled wheat. Local residents said the rice crop had been sitting along the side of a highway for several years and was now being sent to a distillery to be turned into liquor. Just 180 miles to the south, in a slum on the outskirts of New Delhi, Leela...
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