-The Indian Express Amid recent questions about the ECI’s autonomy, a look at how the body has steered India’s electoral history. On March 15, the Citizens’ Commission on Elections (CCE), chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, which examines critical aspects of conducting elections, released the second part of its report. Titled “An Inquiry into India’s Election System,” the report evaluated the integrity and inclusiveness of the electoral rolls, increasing...
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Jamtara turns a page with public library movement -Satyasundar Barik
-The Hindu Infamous as Jharkhand’s hub of online Frauds, the tiny district now has 45 public libraries diverting youth away from cybercrime BHUBANESWAR: The library movement in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district got off to a flying start with public libraries developed in a short span of time receiving a steady inflow of students from different age groups. Jamtara’s love for books assumes huge significance as it has the dubious distinction of being the “phishing...
More »The taming of RTI -Vinita Deshmukh
-The Hindu A look at how the RTI Act has been systematicallyassaulted by successive governments to blunt its efficacy and make governance less transparent For 24 years, until the enactment of the Right to Information Act (RTI) in 2005, Shivaji Raut was an ordinary teacher, the vice-principal of Anant English Medium School in Satara district in western Maharashtra. But when he discovered the power of RTI in demanding accountability and transparency from...
More »Farm leaders ‘disappointed’ with SC directions -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu They express outrage at the composition of the committee being set up Farm unions are meeting at the Singhu border to discuss the developments in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and their next steps. Before the Samyukt Kisan Morcha meeting, which was scheduled to begin late in the afternoon, a few leaders expressed their disappointment with the court’s directions, and outrage at the composition of the committee being set up. “See...
More »Government ropes in I-T department to crack down on GST Fraud -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Data being pooled to track evasion, says Finance Secretary. Tightening the noose around Fraudsters rigging the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the government has roped in the Income tax department to tap illicit incomes as part of a crackdown against 7,000 Fraud companies, identified using data analytics tools, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey told The Hindu. Any income traceable to the use of fake bills and other GST Frauds shall...
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