Over 2,000 activists of CPI (ML) Liberation gheraoed the Dasmantpur block office on Thursday demanding probe into irregularities in the execution of many developmental projects including the central employment scheme MGNREGA. The agitators took out a rally at the block headquarters before submitting a memorandum to the BDO. "Several poverty alleviation programmes have failed in the block due to the indifference of the officials concerned. People are unable to get...
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The state needs to pull up its socks as far as implementation of the Centre’s ambitious rural job scheme is concerned. That’s what the report card of Jharkhand National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Watch — a joint forum of NGOs that keeps a tab on rural employment — says. At a daylong meeting today, members of the watchdog observed that the state needed concerted efforts and political will to effectively implement works...
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At present, the government spending on education is about 3.4 percent of GDP ‘It is imperative that the government increase outlays in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' A delegation of the People's Budget Initiative met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here on Saturday to demand enhanced resources for the social sector which was crucial for the development of human resource and the nation. Formed in 2006, People's Budget Initiative is a coalition comprising representatives from people's...
More »Threats shadow activists by Pallavi Singh & Maitreyee Handique
At least 10 RTI applicants have been killed over the past two years, with many others facing threats in their bid to expose corruption On a Republic Day when India celebrated 61 years of justice, equality and liberty, Amar Nath Pandey says he encountered the darkest moment of his life. In late evening on 26 January, a lone assailant leaped from the folds of darkness in the street outside his house in...
More »The Slow Death Of The RTI Act by Udit Misra
And you thought you could get information from the State using the RTI Act? Take your place in the line behind thousands of frustrated citizens The government is considering changes to the Right To Information Act (RTI) that activists feel could dilute the power of the Act. Former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has recommended protecting the judiciary from RTI queries apparently on grounds that the move would “erode” the...
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