-Live Mint The NCPRI has also suggested a list of amendments to the Bill, including a clearer definition of victimization The activist group National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) has demanded that the Whistleblowers Protection Bill, 2011, be discussed and approved by Parliament in the budget session that resumes on Monday. The NCPRI has also suggested a list of amendments to the Bill, including a clearer definition of victimization, protection...
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Drilling holes in the Thirst Economy-P Sainath
-The Hindu As the borewells go deeper in Maharashtra, there have been worrying instances of ‘paleo-historic storages' being breached "Only two of them work," says Badri Kharat of his borewells in Roshangaon. That's hard - when you've sunk 36 of them spending millions of rupees, as he has. Kharat, a big landowner and local political personage, has been generous to his neighbours in this village of Jalna district. He pipes in drinking...
More »Soon, voter ID cards to get a sleek makeover -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India The humble elector's photo identity card - commonly called voter EPIC - is getting a sleek makeover. The laminated paper cutout, with a rather grainy black and white photograph, is set to transform into a shiny, plastic card with a colour photo of the voter, just like a driving licence. "The plastic card will be more aesthetic and durable. It, will, however, not be a smartcard like the...
More »Protest in Home Ministry Over Non-Payment of Wages
-Outlook Union Home Ministry, the nerve centre of country's internal security today witnessed a protest by over 200 contractual employees outside the office of a senior official over non-payment of dues. As many as 204 employees stood outside the office of Joint Secretary (Administration) Bhagwan Shankar inside the ministry in support of their demand for release of wages. The Home Ministry had hired the services of a private manpower firm -- Xecute...
More »Remarkable Declines in Global Poverty, But Major Challenges Remain
-The World Bank WASHINGTON: The number of people living on less than $1.25 per day has decreased dramatically in the past three decades, from half the citizens in the developing world in 1981 to 21 percent in 2010, despite a 59 percent increase in the developing world population. However, a new analysis of extreme poverty released today by the World Bank shows that there are still 1.2 billion people living in...
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