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The Planning Commission justified Rs35 lakh spend saying it as ‘routine maintenance and upgradation’. However, it has no answer on money spent for the non-feasible door access control system for toilets   After media reports surfaced on how the Right to Information (RTI) application...

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The renovation of the two toilets with “diplomatic embassy standards” and Japanese or German class fittings, should cost between Rs2 and Rs4 lakh in Delhi   The toilet controversies appears to be rocking the headlines in the print media and breaking news on television, and no less than...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 June 2012
The Planning Commission spent Rs35 lakh just to renovate two toilets that would be used by only 60 smart card holders. Is it the new austerity of the affluent? While the Planning Commission continues to debate over its poverty line estimation, it is not stopping it from spending over...

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The poor environmental performance of the iron and steel sector is a measure of the failure of the regulatory institutions in the country. Nobody is measuring and monitoring its actual performance, says CSE While the iron and steel sector is known as the back-bone of the Indian economy,...

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Medical malpractices and related corruption are rampant but the truth rarely comes out. And that is why it would be great if the IMA sues Aamir Khan   I recently came across a news item in The Hindu which stated, “The Indian Medical Association (IMA)…demanded an immediate apology from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 June 2012
Former power and finance secretary EAS Sarma says that the Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant continues to release toxic pollutants because the state pollution control board is not taking any action Former power and finance secretary EAS Sarma has said that due to inaction from the Andhra...

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Will the concept of the point-to-point AC bus service help in getting motor car users to move to buses? Will it be useful in actually addressing transportation woes of the Mumbai as a whole or merely going to serve a small segment and to what extent? The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit...

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Transport activists have welcomed the state government’s move saying that it would help in improving public transport and pave the way for the BRTS   Mumbai’s harried commuters can soon expect an easy travelling experience. The state government is planning to roll out air-conditioned...

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MDT/PTI 04 June 2012
Parts of Kerala have been receiving rains since this morning. Weather watchers attribute the slight delay in the onset of monsoon to Typhoon Mawar which was active in a western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines South-west monsoon, the key to the agriculture driven trillion-dollar Indian...

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Kameshwar Pandey 04 June 2012
In an open letter, veteran Kameshwar Pandey, questions if the senior veterans who were outspoken on TV channels and other media, really understood the background of ‘controversies’ linked with former Chief of Army Gen VK Singh To concur and side with newspapers, magazines and television...

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MDT/PTI 04 June 2012
The travel advisory came as a surprise to Indian officials in Beijing as it was very rare for China to put out such advisories against India in the past on Chinese Foreign Ministry's website Beijing: In what is seen as a tit-for-tat move, China has cautioned its citizens against...

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With two accidents in just one month, Indian rail travellers are definitely at high risk. The parliament ought to get the Railway Budget discussed at length and passed in its original form with the total withdrawal of the rollback Rail travellers in India are presently in the high risk category...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 June 2012
Team Anna says it has no faith in the CBI as the investigative agency is directly controlled by the prime minister and hence would not properly investigate its own boss Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started verifying the allegations of irregularities in the allocation...

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Cora Currier (ProPublica) 01 June 2012
The US has used drone airstrikes to side-step legal arguments about the boundaries of the campaign against al Qaeda Everyone is talking about drones. Also known as Unmanned Arial Vehicles, or UAVs, remote-piloted aircrafts have become a controversial centerpiece of the Obama administration's...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 May 2012
The information was revealed after Pune-based activist Sanjay Shirodkar sought details from MSRDC on the sundry debtors/bad debts for 10 years along with the name of the party and the outstanding amount Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is ‘doubtful’ of recovering...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 May 2012
  Shailesh Gandhi, the Information Commissioner under the RTI Act, would continue to hear cases till his retirement, except that he has requested the CIC not to send any new cases or fresh inputs so that no cases remain pending when he leaves the office  The Central Information...

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Soon, anyone would be able to file an RTI application over the phone, with help and guidance from a call centre as well as through a website While the government is consistently blamed for diluting the RTI (Right to Information) Act in several ways besides making illogical amendments at...

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G Venkatesh 30 May 2012
For hotels, terrorism risk has raced past traditional risks such as theft and fire. But are they investing enough on security? Also, why is the insurance industry not asking for risk-mitigation measures? It is strange that the 26/11 incident has not made the government or the home...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 May 2012
The guarantor also cannot insist that the creditor must first exhaust all remedies against the principal debtor before recovering the debts from the surety holders, says the apex court   New Delhi: The guarantor of a loan is liable to pay it if the debtor fails to clear it, the Supreme...

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Can such tragedies be averted? Largely, the answer is yes As the news of the tragedy that occurred on the Mumbai Pune Expressway sinks in, thoughts that come to mind is what one could do to avert such tragedies. It takes me back to the days when the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway was a...

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