"Handing over food security issues like purchase, storage to private sector etc, is a recipe for national disaster. It will lead to chaos. it will lead to food riot. It will be the greatest harm done to the people of the country," said Agricultural scientist Prof M S Swaminathan.
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FCI 'wants' to outsource India's food security
Posted by balaji 902 days ago (http://ibnlive.in.com)FCI may outsource procurement
Posted by balaji 902 days ago (http://www.business-standard.com)
Traders, rice millers and private companies can be appointed sub-agents of the FCI or state governments to take up not only the procurement under price support operations but also storage, transportation, milling and delivery of rice to the public distribution system (PDS).
Seven basic steps to fight Corruption « Balu's musings
Posted by balaji 902 days ago (http://rbalu.wordpress.com)
I would recommend seven basic steps that will be necessary to create the environment to begin an organized attempt to fight the corruption menace.
Keep UID out of MGNREGA
Posted by balaji 902 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
The undersigned demand that the plan to link the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Aadhaar (or UID) be revoked immediately. This is an extremely dangerous move that threatens to cause havoc in MGNREGA's fragile structure.
Download: Task Group Report on Social Audits, Office of the CAG of India, 2010
Posted by balaji 904 days ago (http://smartvote.in)
This is report of the Task Group on Social Audits, set up in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. It was submitted in January 2010.
This is a paper by two Harvard University students for their Master's thesis. It is published as part of the Accountability Initiative's Working paper series.
This is a commentary published in the Economic and Political Weekly in November 2007.
R Balasubramaniam: Our flawed Social Security System!
Posted by balaji 905 days ago (http://rbalu.wordpress.com)
People were not even aware of what they were supposed to get and at what rates. They simply took what was given at the price the shopkeeper told them. None of them realized that they weren’t being given a receipt for the amount paid.
PDS: Chhattisgarh shows the way
Posted by balaji 905 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
India's Public Distribution System (PDS) has been in a bad shape for decades, often thought to be beyond repair. Recent experience, however, suggests otherwise. Political will, increased transparency and community participation have led to an amazing revival of the PDS in Chhattisgarh.
YouTube: BBMP Commissioner talking about Dry Waste Collection Centers
Posted by prithvi 920 days ago (http://www.youtube.com)
This is the youtube video from the inauguration of the Dry waste collection centre in the BBMP office HQ.
Mr Siddiah's interview telling what his plans are for the City of Bengaluru.
Mr Siddiah's interview telling what his plans are for the City of Bengaluru.
Bringing smiles and relief to 800 citizens in far flung Rajarajeshwari Nagar, BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah ordered khatas to be issued to them, ending a two-year battle.
Arvind Kejrival: How To Root Out Corruption - Lokpal
Posted by balaji 931 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
All of the investigative agencies (CVC, CAG etc) should be merged into one single agency, the Lokpal. Give it jurisdiction over both bureaucrats and politicians. Give it comprehensive powers to investigate and prosecute the guilty without needing any permission.
1 AM: Drunk BBMP officer comes knocking ...
Posted by balaji 940 days ago (http://bangaloremirror.com)
Don’t dare fight the system, don’t even try. That’s the message the system in Bangalore, whether it’s the police or the BBMP, seems to be sending out to any citizen who dares to think otherwise.
Aruna Roy And Nikhil Dey: The wages of discontent [in MG-NREGS]
Posted by balaji 941 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
The Union government is reneging on its legal obligation to pay minimum wages,
even to the most deprived sections of the population, in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
even to the most deprived sections of the population, in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Taluk-level fora to deal with PDS complaints
Posted by balaji 941 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
The Food Department has decided to constitute an exclusive 12-member consumers' forum in all the taluks and districts to deal with complaints regarding the distribution of foodgrains by fair price depots under the public distribution system.
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