-TheWire.in Of the 194 lawmakers, 72 are from the Congress and 41 from the BJP, the Cobrapost investigation found upon analysing over 2,000 affidavits submitted between 2006-16. New Delhi: Investigative website Cobrapost, which had earlier this year exposed some media houses succumbing to the lure of Hindutva advertorials, has now claimed to have discovered that 194 Indian politicians made false submissions regarding their permanent account numbers (PAN) while reporting their income to...
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MLAs declare average income of Rs. 24.59 lakh a year -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The average annual income of MLAs in India is Rs 24.59 lakh, with Karnataka’s 203 MLAs reporting the highest average of Rs 1.1 crore and 614 MLAs from the eastern region the lowest at Rs 8.5 lakh annually. The income analysis released by ADR and national election watch on Monday shows 63 MLAs of Chhattisgarh assembly have the lowest annual average income at Rs 5.4 lakh....
More »SC scan on info panel vacancies -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and nine states, including Bengal, to file affidavits within four weeks stating by when they would fill their vacant posts of information commissioners and, in some cases, even chief information commissioners. The bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan were hearing a petition from RTI activist Anjali Bharadwaj, who cited four vacancies in the Central Information Commission and many...
More »'Delhi being buried under garbage, Mumbai sinking': SC slams state governments' inaction over waste management
-PTI NEW DELHI: Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the government is doing nothing, an anguished Supreme Court said on Tuesday. It slapped fines on 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy. Expressing its helplessness over the situation, the top court lamented that when the courts intervene, the judges are attacked for...
More »Average Assets of 184 Re-Contesting Karnataka MLAs Grew by Rs 17 Crore
-TheWire.in Congress leader Siddarmaiah shows asset growth of Rs 6 crore, while BJP’s CM candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa reports a decline of Rs 1 crore, according to an ADR report. New Delhi: The average assets of the 184 re-contesting MLAs in Karnataka grew by Rs 17.31 crore, up 64%, between 2013 and 2018 from Rs 26.92 crore to Rs 44.24 crore, respectively. In fact, five Congress MLAs among these 184 saw their assets...
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