CITIZENS' ISSUES


Moneylife Digital Team 25 November 2011
Former bureaucrat EAS Sarma learns that the land was regularised by the state revenue department despite the Lokayukta report which asked the revenue secretary to immediately take action on the matter EAS Sarma, former power and finance secretary to Union government, has written to the...

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Alekh Angre 24 November 2011
Studies show that the fees, paid at civic hospital for treatment, is the biggest impediment for the poor to use the public healthcare facilities The free public healthcare system seems to be of little use for the poor. According to few studies, the user fee, paid by the patient at the time...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 November 2011
The CIC said that since significant amount of public funds are kept in banks and therefore, the public has the right to know how these banks are functioning In another victory for RTI activists, the Central Information Commission has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose names of...

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With the Maharashtra government, MSRDC and Ideal Road Builders turning a blind eye to curbing accidents on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, MCCIA has reiterated its appeal to the authorities to urgently act upon an accident-prevention campaign (This the second part of the two-part article by this...

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 In the US, one out of every three or four young children are now obese, and generals from the Armed Forces have represented that stricter controls need to be exercised over packaged foods of this sort. Here in India, we have the world’s largest population of diabetics, and much of it is caused...

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Alekh Angre 23 November 2011
RTE provides free and compulsory education for children aged between 6 and 14 years, therefore pre-schools should also be brought under it In order to ensure better quality of early learning among anganwadi children, educationist and non-governmental organisations says that the Right to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 November 2011
The automated collection of toll promises to eliminate waiting time and ease congestion at highway toll plazas The National Highways Authority of India proposes to replace manual toll collection at highway toll plazas with electronic toll collection (ETC) system. CRISIL Research said it...

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It seems unlikely that Vikram Akula’s exit will transform SKS Microfinance into a better-governed and -managed microfinance company. Only time can tell if and whether the exit of Vikram Akula would bring better times to SKS micro-finance, its investors and clients The board of SKS...

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Moneylife invoked the RTI Act last fortnight to find out that Ideal Road Builders has collected about Rs1,200 crore until June 2011 since it took up the 15-year contract of security and maintenance in April 2004. But where is its commitment towards a safe journey, considering the constant...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 November 2011
PFC has published names, complete addresses, telephone or mobile numbers and email IDs of around 1.2 lakh individuals, which raises several questions of privacy and investor protection In yet another instance that proves the government and its units are insensitive to issues of transparency...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 November 2011
The Railways have reduced tatkal booking period to one day before the journey and also barred agents from booking tickets on the Internet from 8am to 10am The Indian Railways have revised the Tatkal (urgent ticket booking) scheme, making it more ‘passenger-friendly’ by reducing the advance...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 November 2011
A though-provoking documentary on what the media feeds the masses “When I see a movie getting good ratings, I go watch it. If it turns out to be bad, I lose Rs150 for the ticket. How does paid news affect me then?” A member of the audience asked the panellists after the screening of the...

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 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gave birth to a baby girl bringing unending joy to her family and fans. However, a recent international research shows that sex selective abortion is conducted in wealthy families across India, not so much in poorer homes. An overview Notice this: When it’s a baby boy,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 November 2011
Taniksha Infotech, claims easy income on posting ads, uploading CVs, inducting people and generating IDs for UID. However, there is no guarantee that you will earn easy money  If the debate surrounding over the invasion of privacy with the government’s unique identity (UID) scheme is not...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 November 2011
As per the reply received from the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Manu Singhvi and Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya earned maximum annual remuneration, while another Congressman, Subbarami Reddy has declared assets worth Rs258.25 crore Rajya Sabha secretariat has made the ‘register of interest’ of its...

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It is open knowledge in financial circles that the real strength behind ocean piracy, and the hijack for ransom, is the money laundering business Is it possible that the merchant seafarers from India do not make enough of a noise about piracy to protect the interest of insurance companies and...

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Indians are reluctant to give without strings attached. We should think twice before attacking Kiran Bedi for having taken donations ‘improperly’ Kiran Bedi has always been an icon and role model for me; I grew up reading with awe as she broke one glass ceiling after another. So, to watch her...

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Dogged campaigns by Pune-based activist Vijay Kumbhar have made a tremendous impact, finds Vinita Deshmukh The half-constructed multi-storeyed building on tony Prabhat Road (Pune) is a sore sight in a residential locality where luxurious condominiums have mushroomed in the past decade....

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In a precedent setting judgement, the CIC asked for the audit and inspection report of a cooperative bank to be disclosed under the RTI Act, rejecting the central banks contention that the disclosure would lead to loss of faith in some banks and adversely affect economic interests of the state.

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 November 2011
The CIC through an order asked the RBI to publish list of top 100 defaulter industrialists. However, fearing backlash from judiciary, the central bank had handed over the job to publish list of defaulters against whom a suit has been filed to CIBIL The Central Information Commission (CIC) has...

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