Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Right To Information (RTI)
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NAC for social audit of health
The National Advisory Council led by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked the health ministry and the department of public grievances to conduct a social audit of programmes under the National Rural Health Mission and implementation of the Right to Information Act on the lines of similar monitoring of schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. An NAC member told
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Draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)
There is large quantum of data generated at the cost of public funds by various organizations and institutions in the country. Most of this data, is non-sensitive in nature and can be used by public for
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When things fall apart
IF THERE ever was living proof of how bizarre our country is, then this week was probably it. Gandhians became demagogues and a people’s movement took on the shades of a dictatorship. And a government
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Never quite in control
Anna Hazare's long career betrays a naivete that makes him easy to manipulate. Rana Ayyub profiles the man who started the storm Those who have seen glimpses of 73-year-old Anna Hazare’s naivete in
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Pitroda: Lokpal Bill should build on the larger reform process
The proposed Lokpal Bill, notwithstanding all the drama and protest surrounding it in recent days, is just a piece of a much larger agenda of reform of our existing institutions, infrastructure and processes to democratise information, enhance accountability and deliver development to all parts of the country. Today, the country needs adequate information systems as much as it needs civil socie
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RTI brings electricity to Fulsar village in Narmada
AHMEDABAD: When villagers of Fulsar saw an electric lamp lit in front of them in March this year, it was no less than a film scene straight out of the movie Swades when villagers get a taste of new lifestyle thanks to electricity, not less than 22 years after the first electric poles were installed. Fulsar near Dediapada is Narmada district is a sleepy village with a population of 700 on the Gu
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Thousands hit in Dakshina Kannada
The controversial Endosulfan is back to haunt coastal villages in Karnataka.
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The mutiny for just causes
AS MAHENDRA Singh Dhoni’s face knotted in intense concentration, 1.2 billion Indian eyes were on him. At Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, it was the most critical match of all. The World Cup final. Do or die.
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Rs56,701 per sq ft for Kharadi sewage treatment plant land?
Rs56,701 for one square foot of land in Kharadi?
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Governance comes before a Lokpal
Is the Lokpal the next