-The Times of India The prospects of the joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) draft report on the 2G scam being adopted dimmed further, with 15 Opposition MPs on the panel "rejecting" the report that gives Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a clean chit. The same set of MPs, who wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar expressing lack of confidence in JPC chairperson P C Chacko, submitted letters to the committee secretariat, choosing...
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The devolution deficit -KC Sivaramakrishnan
-The Indian Express Why we need to revisit the 74th Amendment The National Panchayati Raj Day to mark the enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment was observed on April 24 with due ceremony but little hype. Whatever the reasons for the celebration, even those are not available for the 74th Amendment dealing with municipalities. The Government of India's first line of defence on this issue is that these are state subjects. Nevertheless, the...
More »Maintain no-fail policy but increase accountability for schools and teachers
-The Times of India There was some grumbling when Indian taxpayers were told in 2004 that they would have to begin paying an education cess of 2%. But the move also inspired a lot of positivity, because of a widely-shared belief that upgrading education is the most effective thing our government can do to lift Indians into affluence. Although it took the Parliament another half decade to enact the Right to...
More »Austerity drive forces NIA officers to use taxis
-The Hindu Sleuths of NIA are facing an unusual problem of mobility as they are "forced" to depend on taxis since the investigating agency has been unable to purchase vehicles due to an austerity drive. The chief of National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a parliamentary panel that it created three branches in Bhopal, Patna and Kolkata in 2012 but due to government's austerity measures, they have not been sanctioned any vehicle. "This is...
More »Panel proposes to dissolve DoNER -Nishit Dholabhai
-The Telegraph A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Union government dissolve the ministry of development of north eastern region (DoNER) and put it under the Prime Minister's Office. The reason for the ministry's dissolution has been attributed to the plummeting efficiency levels and achievement rate in its planned schemes. "The committee, therefore, strongly recommends that the government should consider the handicaps of the DoNER ministry in a very serious manner. It should...
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