Between 2009 and February 2011, at least 14 people were charged with sedition in India London: The typical citizen could be forgiven for fearing that the world’s largest democracy is hurtling towards George Orwell’s 1984 rather than 2013. In late August the government’s department of telecommunications, citing the “communal tensions” around Assam, blocked more than 300 individual web addresses, including the Twitter profile pages of some journalists. It also ordered a limit...
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SC ruling stumps RTI fraternity -Vidya Subrahmaniam
-The Hindu Only Chief Justice of HC or judge of SC can become CIC Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on appointments to the Central and State Information Commissions has shaken the world of Right to Information with activists and information commissioners wondering if the order will effectively halt the functioning of the Commissions. Asked Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra: “Does the ruling mean that the RTI Act stands amended suo motu ?” He has...
More »PM's speech on wildlife changed thrice in a day
-The Times of India The official version of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) on Wednesday changed thrice in the space of one day. In a highly unusual sequence of events, the version of Singh's speech released by the PMO on its website on Wednesday was withdrawn on Thursday afternoon only to return in its original form by late evening. The flip-flop-flip is perhaps the...
More »Setting limits -V Venkatesan
-Frontline The Central government notifies new RTI rules, which effectively curb citizens’ right to obtain information. ON July 31, the Central government notified new rules to implement the Right to Information Act, 2005. The rules will come into force once the Central government tables the notification in Parliament and both Houses of Parliament agree to it. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has not published these rules on its website as...
More »Developing a land acquisition policy for India-Dilip Mookherjee and Maitreesh Ghatak
-Live Mint The current policy on compensating landowners could adversely affect character of India’s future growth The Parliament is currently considering a land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement Bill (LARR Bill), as are various state legislatures. These are likely to affect the pace and character of future growth in India in a significant way. Setting up new industries, service establishments and real estate development will inevitably require land to be acquired from rural areas....
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