-Down to Earth The country's 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system The government has denied 76 million people in the country eligible to access public distribution system (PDS) the benefits of the food security system. For the past 20 years, the government has not cared to refresh its data and has been distributing foodgrain according to the population figure of 1991. Worse, the...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no cash, owns a 1996 Maruti car
-IANS Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues. This was revealed by the Affidavit he submitted to the returning officer in Assam on Wednesday while filing his nomination papers for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Manmohan Singh stated that his total annual income is Rs 40,51,964. The Prime Minister also declared his total movable assets to be...
More »Govt forms GoM to insulate CBI from external influence- Sahil Makkar
-Live Mint The GoM findings, draft will be submitted to the Supreme Court before 10 July Taking a cue from last week's adverse comments by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a group of ministers (GoM) to draft a law that will eventually seek to insulate the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from political influence. Finance minister P. Chidambaram, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid, law minister Kapil Sibal and minister of...
More »Govt may take back 30 more coal blocks- Aman Malik
-Live Mint Show cause notices to be issued to companies, including Jindal Steel, Tata Power, GVK Power and Jaypee Group The government is set to issue show cause notices to the holders of at least 30 captive coal blocks, according to a senior coal ministry official with direct knowledge of the matter. Companies holding these blocks will be asked to explain why they failed to develop them and if the government is not...
More »Even PM can’t interfere with CBI probe: Supreme Court -Manoj Mitta
-The Times of India While disapproving law minister Ashwani Kumar's interference with the coal scam investigations, the Supreme Court invoked a 1997 judgment to drive home the message that even the Prime Minister, who has administrative jurisdiction over the CBI, did not have the power to do so. This was one of the highlights of the written order released on Thursday of the three-hour hearing the previous day in which the government...
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