India
‘We are prepared to handle an event like the Fukushima disaster’
Hindustan Times, 30 September 2011
By December, the country’s nuclear watchdog will receive a report of the safety re-evaluation of the design of the reactor that will be used at the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant in Ratnagiri district.
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Property tax proposal rejected
Hindustan Times, 30 September 2011
The proposal to introduce a new property tax system - one that aimed at rationalising the way tax is levied by the civic body - was rejected by the civic standing committee on Thursday.
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Govt keen on electronic meters
Hindustan Times, 30 September 2011
To protect commuters from being fleeced with tampered meters, the state government could make electronic meters mandatory for all auto-rickshaws in the city. "Electronic meters can permanently solve the problem of meter tampering.
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'Corruption a war that has to be fought on all fronts'
Hindustan Times, 30 September 2011
Admitting there were issues of slackness in implementing laws and problems of coordination, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee called for a concerted war against the menace of "widespread and deep-rooted" corruption
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Civil society asks plan panel members to live at the poverty line expenditure
Hindustan Times, 29 September 2011
Civil society members have termed Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia's claim that poverty line was not linked with food subsidy as incorrect and challenged him and other panel members to live at Rs 25 or Rs 32 every day
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President calls for greater transparency in governance
Hindustan Times, 28 September 2011
At a time when the government is fighting a perception battle to come out clean from the 2G scam, President Pratibha Patil stressed on the country’s commitment to greater transparency and accountability in governance at the launch of international conference on corruption in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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State proposes training tie-ups with Harvard
Hindustan Times, 28 September 2011
The state government is trying to tie up with the famed Harvard University in the US, for programmes ranging from faculty training, to leadership initiatives for its administrators. Talks began three weeks ago, when members of Harvard’s South Asia Initiative visited the Mumbai University
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Centre to order hospitals to treat the poor free of cost
Press Trust of India, 25 August 2011
The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi high court that it would soon issue a circular asking all private hospitals, built on government land allocated to them at subsidised rates, to provide free treatment to the poor.
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Corrupt officials face harsh penalty
Hindustan Times, 24 August 2011
As the brouhaha over Hazare's campaign against corruption increases, the government is considering a slew of measures for faster punishment to corrupt officials, including termination of service, once the trial begins.
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Opposition wants govt to negotiate new Lokpal draft
Hindustan Times, 24 August 2011
The all-party meeting on Wednesday resolved to uphold the supremacy of Parliament and Constitution but the opposition parties, led by BJP and the Left, upped the pressure on the government seeking withdrawal of its Lokpal Bill.
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NCPRI draft helps reconcile Team Anna, govt viewpoints
Hindustan Times, 24 August 2011
In resumed dialogue between the government and Team Anna, the National Campaign for People’s Right To Information (NCPRI)’s mechanism to fight corruption has helped in breaking the ice.
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Corruption debated in Parliament
Hindustan Times, 24 August 2011
Members cutting across party lines were unanimous that the fight against corruption should not lead to dilution of Parliamentary supremacy while the Opposition charged the government of losing moral battle against Anna Hazare with the introduction of "sarkari" Lokpal Bill.
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Govt agencies get local help to clean up beaches
Hindustan Times, 11 August 2011
Residents and government authorities have joined hands to clean beaches affected by the oil spill. Juhu residents are monitoring the clean-up drive undertaken by the agencies appointed by the Mumbai suburban district collector, Nirmal Deshmukh. Read more from Prajakta Chavan.
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300 farmers accept hiked compensation
Hindustan Times, 11 August 2011
A day after the state government made it clear that compensation would not be hiked further in Patwari, more and more farmers of the village have started to fall in line. See article by Kapil Datta.
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Whistle-blowers bill may tread where lokpal won’t
Hindustan Times, 11 August 2011
In what may sound music for Anna Hazare’s team, a parliamentary committee has recommended bringing the union ministers and higher judiciary under the ambit of whistle-blowers bill to allow complaints of corruption to be filed against them.
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State likely to get new CM today
Hindustan Times, 03 August 2011
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley arrived in Bangalore late Tuesday to help state party legislators pick a successor to outgoing chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday.
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Parliament to finally do business, debate inflation
Hindustan Times, 03 August 2011
Even as Parliament was stalled on Tuesday over inflation and land acquisition, the government and the opposition agreed to have a debate on inflation in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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Governor recommends Yeddyurappa's prosecution
Hindustan Times, 03 August 2011
Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj today recommended intitating criminal proceedings against care taker chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, subsequent to his indictment by the lokayukta on corruption charges related to bribes given by the illegal mining industry.
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CAG slams Sheila govt for irregular CWG spending
India Times, 03 August 2011
he Sheila-Dikshit-led Delhi government has been severely indicted by the Comptroller and Auditor General in its performance audit report on the Commonwealth Games held last year.
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Rs 500cr boost for judiciary: Khurshid
India Times, 03 August 2011
Since he took over in May last year, chief justice of India S H Kapadia has expressed his concerns about pending cases several times.
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Lokpal Bill to be introduced in Parliament tomorrow
United News of India, 03 August 2011
The Lokpal Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha tomorrow, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said.
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Oppose Lokpal bill introduction, Anna tells MPs
India Times, 03 August 2011
Terming the government approved Lokpal bill as "defectively structured'' and an affront to parliamentarians, Gandhian Anna Hazare urged MPs to oppose its introduction in the Lok Sabha.
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Mumbaiites sign up to join fight against corruption
Hindustan Times, 25 July 2011
If the government of India fails to present a strong Lokpal bill in the forthcoming session of the Parliament, the city may once again witness mass protests, this time, with an even larger support-base.
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Pilot project on digital certificates completed
The Hindu, 25 July 2011
Taking forward its novel initiative of providing academic qualifications in digital format, Ministry of Human Resource Development will make available in de-mat form the results of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), 2011, to be announced on Tuesday.
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Government mulls HR planning, management centres at varsity level
Press Trust of India, 24 July 2011
Eyeing to enhance the gross enrolment ratio in higher education to 30 per cent by 2020, the government is mulling 'Human Resource Planning and Management Centres' at the university level to assess teacher requirement and plan their professional growth
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CJI on environment laws
Hindustan Times, 22 July 2011
Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia on Friday asked the government to prepare environment and population plans based on ground realities and not on "rhetoric" and suggested the environment ministry to simplify its notifications to save judiciary's time in interpreting them.
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PMO in reshuffle mode
Press Trust of India, 22 July 2011
After the rejig of the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister's Office is in the process of a rehaul with senior IAS official Pulok Chatterjee, considered close to the Gandhi family, being brought in along with a number of other bureaucrats.
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