There is finally a definite figure to the number of homeless people in the city. Delhi has nearly 56,000 homeless people, says a survey conducted by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The government has accepted the draft survey report prepared by the UNDP, in association with Mother, an NGO, as an official estimate of the number of homeless in Delhi. The report, titled ‘Homeless Survey-2010’, says the Capital has a total of...
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Black money: BJP MPs to give declarations tomorrow of not having illegal money in foreign banks
-PTI BJP MPs will submit tomorrow declarations to the presiding officers of their respective Houses of Parliament, stating that they do not have any illegal money stashed in any foreign bank or tax haven abroad. BJP leader L K Advani had announced on the completion on his nation-wide yatra against black money and corruption that all party MPs will submit declarations that they do not have any illegal funds in Swiss banks...
More »Lokpal search committee must have SC/STs, minorities: House panel
-Express News Service The parliamentary panel studying the Lokpal bill has recommended “appropriate representation” for the weaker sections in the search committee. The standing committee on law and justice has, however, maintained that the choice of the ombudsman “has to achieve the selection of the best and the brightest at the entry point”. The committee, which adopted its final report this evening, has suggested that the search panel must include “certain sections of...
More »Getting the FDI in Retail Debate Back on Track by Mohan Guruswamy
The FDI in retail debate has apparently fully traversed the realm of reason and for it seems to have degenerated into name-calling. I had intimation of this when a diplomat who meets me from time to time asked me if I was being put up, for a price, by Indian corporate interests to stymie the entry of the big western firms like Wal-Mart and Carrefour? I can well imagine the...
More »NHRC questions AFSPA, finds fault with UPA schemes
-Express News Service In what could strengthen the case of those seeking lifting of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from parts of J&K and insurgency-hit North-East, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said the AFSPA “remains in force in Jammu & Kashmir and the North-Eastern States, conferring an impunity that often leads to the violation of human rights”. This (continuation of AFSPA), a report prepared by the NHRC...
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