-Live Mint All file notings can be made public now except those explicitly exempted The Union cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw controversial draft amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act that sought to Restrict disclosure of government file notings. The move allayed the concerns of rights activists. The draft amendments would have Restricted disclosure of file notings only to social and developmental issues. The government had to drop the move following...
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LPG price hike, rollback within hours
-The Times of India Within hours of raising cooking gas prices, the government late on Thursday asked oil marketing companies to put on hold the Rs 26.50 hike, calling into question the seriousness of the deregulation plan and casting a doubt over the UPA's commitment to fiscal reforms. The U-turn came after a volley of protests by the opposition and days before Himachal Pradesh goes to polls, with Gujarat elections to follow....
More »Moily develops cold feet, puts LPG hike on hold within hours
-The Indian Express Hours after oil marketing companies announced a Rs 26.50 increase in the price of non-subsidised LPG cylinders Thursday, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily apparently developed cold feet and put the decision on hold pending a review. A 14.2 kg cylinder would have cost Rs 922 in the capital after the increase but late in the evening, Moily asked officials of Indian Oil Corp, the largest oil marketing firm, to keep...
More »Spoon-feeding Melghat -KumKum Dasgupta
-The Hindustan Times Melghat is an incredibly beautiful place — especially, if you visit the foRest-rich area after a robust monsoon (like I did). The weather was cool, the sky pale azure and the spectacular cliff-and-ravine landscape green. But this gem of a place, 750 kilometres northeast of Mumbai in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, has an ugly side story: hunger and malnutrition have been killing tribal children and women here for years....
More »RIL wants offshore gas fields audit to be kept secret, CAG says no -Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
-The Indian Express Sharp differences have emerged between the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) over the scope of an audit into the production sharing contract between the company and the government for RIL’s off-shore gas fields. RIL had set two conditions: the audit should maintain the confidentiality arrangement between it and the government; and the scope of the audit should be Restricted to accounting procedures of the...
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