-The Hindu In the year 2011, 438 people died due to Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) during medicine trials in India, but pharmaceutical companies provided financial compensation in only 16 such cases. The total amount paid in compensation in all the 16 cases adds up to Rs. 34.88 lakh, with the highest amount being Rs. 5 lakh, and the lowest being Rs. 50,000. This makes 2011 only the second year, for which data are...
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Auditor triple whammy hits govt in Parliament
-The Indian Express Three new reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India increased the heat on the embattled government on Friday. The statutory auditor’s report on coal block allocations, implementation of public-private partnership at the Delhi International Airport and the award of ultra mega power projects (UMPP), tabled in Parliament, accused the government of indulging in favouritism, irregularities in bidding processes, and causing massive losses to the exchequer. The...
More »Child marriages are rampant in Odisha: Survey
-IANS BHUBANESWAR: About six per cent of rural women in Odisha get married earlier than thelegal age of 18, according to the latest government survey released here Friday. The annual health survey conducted in 1,798 rural and 566 urban units comprising a total of 4,56,413 households and covering nearly 20 lakh people in the state revealed that the marriage of girls below legal age is rampant in rural areas. "It varies from 0.5...
More »Seven-and-half years from an opaque to a transparent process for coal allocation
-The Hindu The Comptroller and Auditor-General’s report on the allocation of coal blocks, reviews how it took seven-and-half years to move the allocation procedure for captive coal blocks from a discretionary procedure to competitive bidding that was demonstrably transparent. It turns out that the process began within six weeks of UPA-I coming to power in 2004. Ironically, the amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act rules for auction...
More »Coal: Govt slams Rs. 1.86 lakh cr loss report; BJP asks PM to quit
-The Hindustan Times Rapping the government for its failure to timely implement the competitive bidding mechanism for allocation of coal blocks, CAG on Friday said part of the Rs. 1.86 lakh crore loss could have been partially tapped had the procedure been put in place earlier. In its report, tabled in Parliament, CAG said 25 firms including Essar Power, Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power and Jindal Steel and Power were benefited to...
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