-The Hindu In the heated debate on jobs, the crucial link between macroeconomic policy and unemployment has not been flagged Innumerable tasks with respect to the economy await the winner of the parliamentary elections now under way, but two may be mentioned and they are connected. The first is to review the conduct of macroeconomic policy. Though it must come across as arcane, this is an element of public policy that makes...
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The government's anti-corruption scorecard -Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri
-The Hindu The last five years have seen consistent attacks on anti-corruption laws and institutions The popular sentiment that helped the BJP in the 2014 general election was resentment against corruption in public life. The party’s clarion call for a corruption-free India resonated with the electorate, who believed the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate when he pledged, “Na khaunga, na khane dunga (neither will I indulge in corruption, nor allow anyone else to...
More »30 per cent of poll code violations registered in BJP-ruled UP, says Election Commission -Kumar Vikram
-The New Indian Express In UP, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has been mentioned in 12 cases of alleged violations. Final decisions by the EC are awaited in several of these cases. NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Uttar Pradesh, which is witnessing a fierce political battle in this political season, topped the list of states which registered cases of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations, according to data from the...
More »Manohar Lal Khattar fulfilled only 30% of his promises in 4 years: RTI
-The Times of India GURUGRAM (Haryana): In four years since he has been the chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has made 7,306 public announcements about development works in the state between November 2014 and November 2018, out of which 2,113 (29.82%) have been fulfilled. This was revealed by the government in a reply to an RTI filed by a city-based NGO. Other revelations include the number of announcements that cannot...
More »Supreme Court gives RBI 'last chance' to alter disclosure policy
-The Hindu ‘Existing guidelines contrary to 2015 ruling on sharing information under RTI Act’ The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) “a last opportunity” to withdraw a November 2016 Disclosure Policy to the extent to which it stonewalls revelation of every other kind of information under the Right to Information Act, including the list of wilful defaulters and annual inspection reports. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao...
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