-Press release by People's Budget Initiative (PBI, http://www.pbiindia.net/) New Delhi: People's Budget Initiative (PBI) is a coalition of civil society organisations from across the country which promotes people’s voice in policy making processes related to government budgets in India. As part of its campaign on ‘Budget Justice for Disadvantaged Sections’, a national consultation on Budget Justice: Agenda for the Next Five Years was organized in New Delhi on 14th September, 2018....
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Rajasthan HC bars Raje from holding public events during yatra -Rohit Parihar
-India Today Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has banned holding of any government functions during the BJP-sponsored Suraj Gaurav Yatra undertaken by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. A PIL had challenged the government expenditure on the yatra because it was a party show. The PIL cited a few instances where government departments had invited tenders and deputed officials for the yatra. The BJP had submitted bills of the expenditure it has been incurring on the...
More »In Delhi, cancellation of 2.5 lakh ration cards sparks tussle between AAP government, bureaucracy -Vijayta Lalwani
-Scroll.in Questions arise again over Delhi’s welfare delivery system – close on the heels of the starvation deaths of three girls in July. In May, Ram Baran, a resident of Savitri Nagar in Delhi, received a letter from the ration circle office stating that his ration card would be cancelled because he had not collected foodgrains between January and March. The letter added that unless he submitted his Aadhaar number, electricity...
More »Madhav Gadgil, noted ecologist, interviewed by Prathima Nandakumar (TheWeek.in)
-TheWeek.in Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil blames the “law-flouting” state government for the devastation in Kerala. The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), headed by Gadgil in 2011, had suggested measures to preserve the ecologically frail Ghats. But, the Kerala government, like the other five states, chose to reject the report. Having suffered such devastation, Gadgil feels that the state should survey the “ecologically sensitive zones” that have been compromised due to...
More »Only 9% Of Declared Income of India's National Parties Comes From Sources Known To The Public -Aman Kumar
-TheCitizen.in NEW DELHI: The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on August 7 released a report detailing the donations declared by regional political parties to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2016-17 financial year. Of the 48 parties considered in the report, 16 including the People’s Democratic Party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen have yet to submit their declarations to the EC. A further six claim to have received no contributions at...
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