-DNA UPA Government's credibility is in question as instead of approaching court to oppose the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) order bringing them under the ambit of the RTI Act, they decided to amend the Act itself, said activist Aruna Roy on Monday and asked government to hold wide ranging discussions before going ahead with their plan. Roy, who was also the member of Congress president Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, said government's...
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‘Caste no bar’, in words if not in action-Rukmini S
-The Hindu While many young Indians are showing an Interest in marrying across caste, indications are that not many actually go ahead and cross caste boundaries. Recent research by Amit Ahuja, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California - Santa Barbara, and Susan L. Ostermann, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California - Berkeley, showed that more than half...
More »Creating durable assets through rural employment: Rubber Board ties up with MGNREGA
-The Economic Times The state-run Rubber Board is turning to the rural employment guarantee programme to increase India's natural rubber output from the present 9 million tonne a year. With rising global demand for rubber, the board is keen to extend the area under cultivation. It has identified 400,000 hectare in the North East, 100,000 hectare in Odisha and 50,000 hectare each in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh as areas with potential...
More »37% of MPLAD funds lying unspent in India, UP biggest contributor -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: No matter how much the MPs (member of parliament) assert on the need to increase the fund given to them for local area development, the reality is that they fail to spend what even they have. Chief minister of Himanchal Pradesh, veer Bhadra Singh is the only exception. In an assessment of Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme expenditure by ministry for statistics and...
More »Aruna Roy to oppose RTI amendment
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Social activist Aruna Roy and Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan activist Nikhil Dey have announced a daylong protest on August 6 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the proposed amendment of RTI Act to keep political parties out of its ambit. Roy demanded that all political parties spell out their stand in public on the proposed amendment before the commencement of monsoon session on August 6. "None...
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