-The Indian Express Since 2008, 14 RTI activists have been killed in Bihar. In 2018 alone, four RTI activists - Rahul Jha from Saharsa, Jayant Kumar from Vaishali, Rajendra Singh from Motihari and now Valmiki Yadav from Jamui have been killed. Patna: An RTI activist and a fellow villager were shot dead at Sikandara block in Jamui on Sunday evening following a recent tiff with some villagers over the selection of...
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Only 12 of 23 Supreme Court judges have disclosed their assets: Official website -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express According to the website, all the judges, who have declared their assets, own some land. It shows that the top two judges don’t own a car. New Delhi: Of the 23 judges presently in the Supreme Court, from a sanctioned strength of 31, only 12 have disclosed their assets on the official website. According to the Supreme Court website, the 11 judges who are yet to disclose their assets...
More »Surat's underground garbage system shows way to Delhi and other big cities -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India SURAT/ NEW DELHI: Surat is showing the way to Delhi and other big cities that are struggling to manage garbage spilling out of ‘dhalaos’ and filling the air with foul smell. The city’s municipal body has installed 43 underground garbage bins, each of which can contain up to 1.5 tonnes of waste as a part of the Smart City Mission and these are fitted with sensors to...
More »Has the IAS Failed the Nation? An Insider's View -Naresh Chandra Saxena
-Economic and Political Weekly Naresh Chandra Saxena (naresh.saxena@gmail.com) was posted at the IAS academy for eight years and trained several batches of the IAS. He retired as SECretary, Planning Commission in 2002. The decision to recruit experts from the open market in certain departments at the level of joint SECretaries is not enough to radically professionalise the civil service. Internal specialisation must be promoted by insisting on stable tenure in the states...
More »Manoranjan S Roy, RTI activist, interviewed by Ashutosh Sharma (National Herald)
-National Herald He fears for his life and safety of his family, admits the activist from Mumbai, explaining his reluctance to speak to the media and appear on TV. Visiting the national capital for filing his petition before the Supreme Court, Manoranjan S Roy resisted attempts to drag him to TV studios. Life for him had changed ever since his RTI applications revealed discrepancies between the supply and deployment of Electronic...
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