BHOPAL: Expressing concern over repeated droughts in Bundelkhand region, the two-day convention organised by water man Rajendra Singh in Khajuraho urged the Centre to "reconsider" the controvertial ken-Betwa river linking project. In the times of the climate change and global warming, the convention said, when the rivers are threatened and …
NEW DELHI, 29 JULY: The much talked about Lokpal Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha by 3 August and it will be government's endeavour to ensure its early passage, if possible in the month-long monsoon session itself. Parliamentary affairs minister Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters that the …
The union cabinet Thursday approved the draft of the anti-corruption Lokpal bill, to be presented in the monsoon session of parliament beginning Aug 1, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said. The draft bill excludes from its ambit the prime minister, the chief justice of India and MPs for their …
Civil society group demands that its version be also taken to Cabinet The government will present its draft anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, for approval this week. There is only one draft that will go to the Cabinet. The draft prepared by the …
Anna Hazare’s hunger strike against corruption in April 2011 attracted disparate intellectual strands from within the Indian middle class. These strands brought complementary skills to the table. The neo-Gandhians conferred legitimacy; India Shining provided energy and finances; and Legal Activists helped navigate the legislative path. The movement also attracted the …
New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very …
Comparing the enactment process of Lokpal bill with that of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, social activist Anna Hazare said on Saturday that the pressure from the civic society will ensure that the landmark legislation comes through. He alleged that the UPA government was undermining the civil society. Hazare …
How the State has responded to the fasts of Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev and Medha Patkar and how the media has portrayed them are a study in contrasts and say something about our society.
Activist to go on fast as scheduled; Government mulls all-party meeting on July 3 Gandhian activist Anna Hazare vowed to intensify the stir for a stronger anti-graft legislation, saying the threat from corruption was greater than from Pakistan, and that the government is not serious about rooting out corruption.
PUNE: Activist Anna Hazare catapulted into national stardom following his relentless pursuit of the Lokpal Bill, but the unassuming dhoti-clad social worker has been a star in his state, and village, for a long time now. Fifty-year-old Maruti Auti recalls the days when villagers in Ahmednagar's Ralegan Siddhi, 80 km …
Sparring Points Besides Lokpal Bill, politicians have sparred with civil society on four key pieces of legislation RTI Act: Various arms of government first block it, now place conditions designed to strangle transparency Right to Food: The Planning Commission differs with activists on what percentage of poor should be covered …
A day after it engaged in a heated exchange of words with civil society representatives, the government today acknowledged that discussions with Team Anna in the joint committee had ensured in vastly improving the provisions of the Lokpal Bill that it had originally drafted. At the same time, it suggested …
Civil society, government continue to disagree on the shape of transparency bill The talks between the government and civil society activists broke down on Wednesday evening without any agreement on the shape of the Lokpal Bill. The government leadership, which made it plain that the Centre cannot go along with …
On May 30, as the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the fifth time in the conference room of the ministry of finance in North Block, trouble was already brewing. In the last four meetings, the contentious issues had been put on the backburner and the government’s …
