-TheWire.in The Department of Personnel and Training, responsible for implementing the RTI, has claimed it is exempt from sharing details on the appointment of information commissioners. New Delhi: When it comes to transparency, it seems the Narendra Modi government is moving in reverse. The Department of Personnel and Training, the nodal agency responsible for effectively implementing the Right to Information (RTI) Act, has refused to share details on the appointment of information...
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SY Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner, interviewed by Vrinda Gopinath (Scroll.in)
-Scroll.in In this environment of majoritarianism, we must seriously consider proportional representation, adds SY Quraishi. SY Quraishi, who was Chief Election Commissioner from July 2011 to June 2012, is known to be outspoken about several issues regarding electoral reform both when he was in the Election Commission and after he retired. He has asked for public funding of political parties, putting an expenditure cap on them, financial transparency among parties, and...
More »In a FIRst, Karnataka uses Aadhaar to transfer subsidy to one million farmers -KR Balasubramanyam
-The Economic Times BENGALURU: Karnataka has successfully credited Rs 671 crore of input subsidy to about one million farmers hurt by drought using their Aadhaar identity, in the process becoming the FIRst Indian state to do so. The feat is all the more special as Karnataka is home to the largest number of technology companies in the country, and also to Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani, who campaigned and worked for the success...
More »In Kerala, the drought has as much to do with nature as with humans -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line Thiruvananthapuram: J Cherian, an MBA in biotech from Scotland, who took to farming on his ancestral property in central Kerala, watches in despair as a merciless March sun beats down on his young plants. “This is unlike anything that I've seen in my eight years in the fields,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. The administration seemed to concur, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declaring that artificial...
More »Plenty wrong with the new maternity Bill -Subramanyam S
-The Hindu Business Line By trying to appear more women-friendly than is necessary, the law may deter industry from employing women altogether The amendment to the maternity Bill, long overdue, calls for some serious reconsideration due to its skewed philosophy. While the most prominent flaw is its emphasis on employees in the new-age services sector, there are several other shortcomings. What is wrong FIRstly, the need for expansion of the existing benefit lacks scientific basis....
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