Accountability
River Water Sharing
MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER Resources The Central Government shall, on and from the appointed day, constitute an Apex Council for the supervision of the functioning of the Godavari River Management Board and Krishna River Management Board. The Apex Council shall consist of: (a) Minister of Water Resources, Government of India—Chairperson … Read more
RTI And Its Impact On Official Secrets Act
RTI and its impact on Official Secrets Act Right To Information act 2005 “An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote Transparency and Accountability in the working of every public … Read more
Control Over Public Expenditure
Control over Public Expenditure In a parliamentary Democracy, the political executive is responsible to the Parliament. The control exercised by the Parliament over the executive is its control on financial expenditure. Parliamentary Control The Parliament is the custodian of public Money, and what better way to keep an eye on the authorities spending … Read more
Combating Corruption Fami[y And Society Role
0 combating Corruption 1.The first tool is ‘Education’. With the help of education we can reduce corruption. According to a report by Transparency International, the least corrupt state is Kerala, the reason being that Kerala’s Literacy rate is highest in India. So we can see how education effects education. In most of … Read more
Mains Booster-Public Private partnership for inclusive growth
Public Private PARTNERSHIP for INFRASTRUCTURE and urban development projects. PPP is in particular need due to inefficiency, overstaffing and low productivity in govt. services and govt. owned enterprises. The projects under PPP go through competitive pricing process which clearly shows that the cost of public services is ‘bench marked’ against market standards. The payments which … Read more
Public Private partnership for inclusive growth
Public Private PARTNERSHIP for INFRASTRUCTURE and urban development projects. PPP is in particular need due to inefficiency, overstaffing and low productivity in govt. services and govt. owned enterprises. The projects under PPP go through competitive pricing process which clearly shows that the cost of public services is ‘bench marked’ against market standards. The payments which … Read more
Education
Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialization, and teachers and educational institutions as socializing agents. In describing education as an instrument of Social Change, three things are important: the agents of change, the content of change, and the social background of those who are sought to be changed, i.e. students. Educational institutions … Read more
Do you think Political Parties should be brought under the ambit of RTI Act?
Political Parties shall be brought under the act as they are centre to the ecosystem of Democracy. They are the main actor of election process. The points in favour of RTI act are as follows: Indirect financing in the form of Income tax exemptions. State also provide them indirect financing in the form of airing … Read more
Ethics Case Study- 15
Case Study 15: Anshuman is a brilliant Science Teacher in a private English medium school in Lucknow and gets yearly package of Rs.4 lakhs. Another school at Ghaziabad offers him package of Rs.4.5 lakhs. Anshuman makes a verbal commitment to the Ghaziabad school principle, “Sure,I’ll join your school from next month.“ But when Anshuman submits … Read more