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Governance And Institutions

In search of ‘good governance’, Sangli industrialists to cross over to Karnataka

In search of good governance that can make the running of their businesses smooth, over 500 industrialists and business aspirants from Maharashtra’s border district of Sangli are set to expand or s

Publication Date: 
05/12/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sangli (D), Maharashtra, Governance And Institutions, Industry, Belgaum (D)
Mining

Illegal mining in MP matches Bellary

Putting the BJP government in the dock for illegal mining in MP, Janata Dal ( United) president and NDA convener Sharad Yadav said illegal mining in Jabalpur district is not less than that of Bella

Publication Date: 
05/12/2011
Free Press Journal
Tags:
Jabalpur (D), Bellary (D), Illegal Trade, Mining, Corruption, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Sonia Seeks Oppn Help to Pass Lokpal & Other Bills

Resolves to fight graft with several legislations in first address after illness; Mum on retail row

Publication Date: 
30/11/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Anna Hazare, Governance And Institutions, Legislation, India, Political Parties, Forest Act, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unique Identification Number (UID), Food Security, Food Policy
Governance And Institutions

Cleansing the state

The anti-corruption movement has enabled the Indian middle class to feel smug about itself. Its members have gone through a vast range of emotions during the last two decades, from self-hatred to self-righteousness. Liberalisation of the economy has created for this class an excitement of many kinds. It has meant the freedom to pursue the quest for wealth without guilt and, at the same time, it has meant feeling set adrift from tradition and the culture it signifies.

Publication Date: 
26/11/2011
Krishna Kumar
Economic and Political Weekly
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48
14-17
Tags:
Corruption, India, Anna Hazare, Governance, NGO, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Poverty, Globalisation, Urbanisation
Governance And Institutions

Rajasthan guarantees most services within days

Gehlot launches Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act, 2011

Publication Date: 
15/11/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ajmer (D), Jaipur (D), Land Use, Legislation, Budget, Housing Construction, Housing, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

People’s movements and the Anna upsurge: A comment

Why has the Anna Hazare movement against corruption steered clear of people’s movements, and why have the latter behaved likewise towards the Hazare agitation? Manoranjan Mohanty (“People’s Movements and the Anna Upsurge”, EPW, 17 September 2011) is despondent about this gap between the two. The reasons are obvious and are to be found in the very observations Mohanty makes.

Publication Date: 
12/11/2011
Birendra Kumar Nayak
Economic and Political Weekly
46
46
83-84
Tags:
Anna Hazare, Corruption, India, Governance, NGO, People
Governance And Institutions

Activists demand strong Lokayukta in Meghalaya

Anti-graft activists in Meghalaya on Monday demanded amendment to the Meghalaya Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 2002 on the lines of the ombudsman in Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Governance And Institutions, Corruption, Right To Information (RTI)
Governance And Institutions

Lokpal movement: Unanswered questions

Why is it that the Anna Hazare-led movement against corruption does not seek to have the Lokpal cover NGOs, corporate houses and the corporate media?

Publication Date: 
05/11/2011
Gautam Navlakha
Economic and Political Weekly
46
44-45
19-21
Tags:
Anna Hazare, Corruption, India, NGO, Industry, Media, Right To Information (RTI), Legislation
Governance And Institutions

No need to split Lokpal Bill: Hazare

In a softening of stand, social activist Anna Hazare on Friday told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel and Law and Justice that it would be acceptable to his team if the government b

Publication Date: 
05/11/2011
Gargi Parsai
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Anna Hazare, Legislation, Corruption, Parliament, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

Uttarakhand House echoes Team Anna

The Lokayukta Bill passed recently by the Uttarakhand Assembly is closer to Team Anna’s Jan Lokpal version than the one drafted by the UPA.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Anna Hazare, Governance And Institutions, Corruption, Legislation, High Court, People, NGO

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