-The Indian Express In the wake of life’s savings lost to Scams, children have dropped out of school, marriages have been put off, people have left homes, and suicide, say some, is the only option. The Indian Express on the stories forgotten in the headlines. Most days, Raqib Sardar can be seen hanging around a tea shop at Sonarpur Railway Station in South 24 Parganas district, 30 km from Kolkata, looking...
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Tamil Nadu noon meal Scam: Income Tax seizures reveal payment of Rs. 2,400 crore in kickbacks to politicians, officials -S Vijay Kumar
-The Hindu Seizures from premises of Christy Friedgram Industry included documents related to suspicious payments and classified documents like proposals for posting of IAS officers. Chennai: The Income Tax Department has unearthed documents that expose an alleged nexus between a major supplier of food items for Tamil Nadu’s flagship noon meal scheme and politicians, bureaucrats and their associates. Analysis of electronic storage devices and documents seized from the premises of Tiruchengode-based Christy Friedgram...
More »Haryana govt spends Rs. 22.93 cr a year on former MLAs' pension Ashok Kumar
-The Hindu India’s richest woman, former CM O.P. Chautala among beneficiaries A businesswoman figuring on the Forbes list of top ten richest Indians and a former Chief Minister currently in jail after being convicted in Junior Basic Trained teachers’ recruitment Scam and the son of a former Chief Minister are among the 262 beneficiaries of the Haryana government’s pension scheme for former MLAs with an annual expenditure of Rs. 22.93 crore, an...
More »Household savings in banks dip for first time in four decades -Sunitha Natti
-The New Indian Express For the first time in four decades, bank deposits plunged to 25 per cent of overall household financial assets in FY18 as against 67 per cent a year before. MUMBAI: For the first time in four decades, bank deposits plunged to 25 per cent of overall household financial assets in FY18 as against 67 per cent a year before. The startling downfall of bank deposits is a first, at...
More »Attempts Being Made to Dilute Anti-Corruption Laws, AP Shah Writes to Modi -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in The letter by the former Delhi chief justice highlights the dangers of decriminalising the Companies Act, introducing electoral bonds, weakening the RTI Act and not implementing of the Lokpal Act and Whistleblowers Protection Act. New Delhi: In a letter sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former chief justice of Delhi high court and noted rights activist A.P. Shah has lamented that “instead of increasing transparency and accountability and making the deterrents...
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