The institution of Auditor General, established in 1860, became Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) with the commencement of the Constitution. On the occasion of the initiation of year-long celebrations to mark 150 years of the institution, may one, as a former member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, put forward a few suggestions (numbered for convenience) aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the institution? 1. It is a...
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A bonfire of vanities
Politicians, business persons, civil servants, a range of professionals, including doctors and organisers of sports events, and even the judiciary have been in the media spotlight on charges of corruption, nepotism, sleaze and worse. It was to be only a matter of time before the media and media professionals came under public scrutiny for similar acts of omission and commission. The expose on paid news content in the media was...
More »‘Corruption in media affects the health of democracy' by Mohammed Iqbal
The “paid news syndrome” in the media should be resisted as part of a larger struggle for democratic rights because corruption in the media directly affects the health of democracy. The struggle has to be waged in the context of media's corporatisation, monopolistic trends and structural decline. These views emerged at a day-long seminar on “Abridging Freedom and Fairness of the Media: Combating Challenges,” organised by the Rajasthan Working Journalists' Union,...
More »CWG revenue is 80 p.c. less than expected
OC's expenditure overshot its budget by Rs. 638 crore The OC has taken Rs. 2,307.82 crore in loan, well above the originally approved amount M.S. Gill admits that there were no earnings from advertisements as such The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) has fallen more than 80 per cent short of its revenue target, according to Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill. While the OC was expected to generate Rs. 1,708 crore, it only managed...
More »Farmers, activists oppose Eastern India Green Revolution project by Vinaya Deshpande
“Punjab has suffered only debt, serious illnesses and polluted and scanty water sources” Appealing to the farmers and policy-makers to not emulate the Punjab model of Green Revolution, some farmers from Punjab said here on Sunday that the revolution had completely ruined the State. “Punjab is now called the cancer capital of India. The Green Revolution has given farmers only three things: debt, serious illnesses and polluted and scanty water sources,”...
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