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Open to scrutiny by V Venkatesan

A landmark ruling by the Central Information Commission raises hopes that government functioning will become more transparent. ON August 30, a three-member Bench of the Central Information Commission (CIC), New Delhi, gave a ruling that has the potential to bring under public scrutiny crucial aspects of the functioning of the Central and State governments that have remained hidden from the public glare all these years. The Bench, comprising Chief Information...

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Six ministries to decide on FDI retail by Anindya Upadhyay

An inter-ministerial panel will decide on the contentious issue of opening organised retail to foreign investment after examining stakeholder feedback to the discussion paper put out by the government. “A panel of six ministries was constituted on September 27, which will be chaired by Kewal Ram, senior economic advisor in the consumer affairs ministry,” a government official told ET. The committee will have representation from the department of industrial policy and promotion,...

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No guarantees anymore by Sowmya Sivakumar

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which has revitalised the rural landscape across the country, stands diminished in the land of its birth, Rajasthan, hijacked and held to ransom by vested interests and stripped of its backbone of an open social audit. As the Andhra experience has shown, there is one ingredient that can bring back its vitality: institutionalising citizen audits. But, is the Rajasthan government up to...

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Information as a right by N Bhaskara Rao

Five years after the enactment of the Right to Information Act, awareness of the law, its provisions and potential appears to be very low. Marking the completion of five years, in September 2010, of the enactment of the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) held the fifth annual convention on “RTI: Challenges and Opportunities,” in New Delhi on September 13 and 14. It was largely a gathering of...

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Software for making teacher recruitment transparent: Sibal

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said a software has been developed for making the recruitment process of government school teachers more transparent. "A software for transparent teacher recruitment has been prepared," he said while addressing the valedictory session of the state School Education Secretaries' conference here. He also asked the secretaries to ensure transparency in the recruitment process which has often faced criticism from various quarters.Pointing out that the Centre had allocated...

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