For many years, Bihar in northern India has earned notoriety for being one of the poorest and most lawless states in the country. Nobel-prize winning author VS Naipaul once described it as the place where “civilisation ends”. But all is not lost, perhaps. We discover five areas where Bihar might consider itself to be ahead […]
We all pay taxes. Even a beggar on the street pays sales tax when he buys anything from the market. This money belongs to us. But where does this money go? Why are there no medicines in the hospitals? Why are people dying of starvation? Why are the roads in such pathetic conditions? Why are […]
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Jasti Chelameswar today underlined the significance of the Right to Information (RTI) Act by describing it as an instrument that could help bring transparency and accountability in administration, which in turn would create the basis for a more just and fair society. Inaugurating a seminar organized by the […]
The much acclaimed Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, might have unleashed a movement for transparency in public conduct, but its implementation is not finding favours with the state’s top bureaucracy. It became the point of a heated discussion at a recent meeting of the secretaries chaired by Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad, with the top […]
The limited success achieved by people in solving their grievances under Right to Information (RTI) act has triggered a mass level awareness campaign across the city to give India “Purna Swaraj” (complete independence). “The act says it is government responsibility to provide information on RTI. No public department has taken workshops for the people yet. […]
Suresh Kamath, the managing director of Chennai based Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd is an unusual man. Unlike most other entrepreneurs, he does not aspire to create a business empire; his sole ambition is to provide employment to 10,000 people. He also plans to reserve 40 per cent of the jobs for the disabled. Suresh started […]