-The Hindu Of the 112 projects approved between 2008-12, none were completed Bangalore: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said there is "no indication of that all habitations would have access to safe drinking water anytime in the near future" given the pace of coverage and competition of projects under National Rural Drinking Water Programme is very slow. The CAG report on Local Bodies for the period 2007-12, which was...
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Pass food Bill even without amendments: Sen-Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is upset that disruption of Parliament has held up passage of important legislation including the UPA's flagship National Food Security Bill. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is upset that disruption of Parliament has held up passage of important legislation including the UPA's flagship National Food Security Bill. He feels that if the Bill is not passed - even if without amendments - several hundred children will go hungry...
More »Food Bill moved despite ruckus in Lok Sabha-Vinay Kumar
-The Hindu Bill represents a shift from welfare-based approach to a rights-based one:Food Minister Amid the Opposition uproar in the Lok Sabha over allegations of corruption in the UPA government, the National Food Security Bill was taken up for consideration on Monday. When, after frequent disruptions, the House reassembled at 3 p.m., Girija Vyas, who was in the Chair, announced that the House would take up for further consideration the motion moved by...
More »Blood, sweat and tears-Alok Gupta
-Down to Earth For RTI activists of Bihar the cost of exposing corruption is life Twenty-year-old Rahul Kumar, a right to information (RTI) activist, knew the land mafia was behind his parents' murder. His mother and father were involved in a land dispute in Muzaffarpur's Sirisia Jagdish village. Barely a week after filing an RTI application to seek information about the murderers, Kumar was kidnapped. A day later, on March 10, 2012,...
More »This Lok Sabha could be the least productive in history -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India The present Lok Sabha could well end up with the dubious distinction of being the least productive in terms of business transacted among those that completed their full five-year terms. According to statistics compiled by the Lok Sabha secretariat, 1,157 hours of sittings had taken place until the 12th session of the 15th Lok Sabha, which was elected in May 2009. Among the Houses that completed five-year terms, the...
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