As the local people determinedly continue to resist the commissioning of the Kudankulam reactors, the statements of the nuclear establishment have acquired a desperate edge. The chief of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India LIMited (NPCIL) claimed that a “foreign hand” was behind the protests. The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, while assuring the locals that the reactors were “100% safe,” also wrote an article in The Hindu (“Special Essay,”...
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Par disapproves provisions on land transfer
-The Economic Times The government's bid to fast-track passage of the land acquisition bill seems to have run into trouble. A significant section of the standing committee of Parliament do not approve provisions on valuation and transfer of land. Chairperson of the standing committee vetting the bill, Sumitra Mahajan , has said that the bill cannot be cleared in haste and more consultations would be needed. The bill is unlikely to...
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-The Business Standard It is not often that the government accepts the report of a committee promptly without detailed scrutiny. But an exception has been made – and with good reasons – in respect of the report of the task force on reforming the public distribution system (PDS). The committee, headed by Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani, has made several valuable recommendations that can cure some of the...
More »CBI finds proof against NGOs in health mission scam in UP
-The Economic Times CBI carried out searches at 10 places in and around Lucknow over the weekend as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission programme in Uttar Pradesh. Searches were carried out in offices of NGOs which had been tasked with running NRHM programmes. Officers of the investigating agency were busy assessing details of seizures made during the searches. This was the second round of...
More »U-turn Anna eyes team makeover by Archis Mohan
Team Anna is worried that it is increasingly coming across as the “B team” of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Today, Anna Hazare said he wanted to restructure his team to include MusLIMs, Dalits, tribals and young people. It was the latest of many U-turns that Hazare has taken in recent days, on issues such as the shape of his core committee and whether his team would campaign specifically against...
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