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Isn't it true of our situation too ?

27 July 2010 - 12:02pm — E.R. Ramachandran
GovernanceUrban Development

 

Isn't this true  of us too? Probably few thosands vs. One Billion++.....

No to crime and corruption in Karnataka politics - Petitions

23 July 2010 - 4:25pm — indian

In the 2008 Karnataka assembly there're
a) 42-43 MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) with criminal records - BJP (25), INC (08), JD[S] (07) and Independents (02).
b) 08 MLAs with murder or attempt to murder cases against them - BJP (03), INC (03) and JD[S] (02).
c) 18.75% of MLAs with criminal cases against them.

AIMA conference on PPPs - a report

22 July 2010 - 2:10pm — murali772
Governance

The following is my report on the "All India Management Association (AIMA) Conference on Public Private Partnerships: Issues of Governance", held at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, on Friday, the 16th July.

Fate of RTI activists

21 July 2010 - 9:15am — Bheema.Upadhyaya

 Prajas,

Hearing pursuant to the appeal under RTI in the case of the Indiranagar Tree Felling

20 July 2010 - 4:53pm — murali772

With the BBMP tree officer remaing silent to the RTI query raised by me on the 10th April, in the matter of the apparently unauthorised tree felling on 100 ft road in Indiranagar (check this), I had sent an appeal to the Commissioner, BBMP, on the 28th June.

Scrap Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill / Act 2010 - Petitions

16 July 2010 - 3:56pm — indian

The maximum imprisonment for violating the provisions of the 1964 Act was 06 months whereas the 2010 Bill/Act prescribes imprisonment extending up to 07 years. It is this that has made people question the intentions of the State BJP (right wing) government as in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), imprisonment for such long terms is usually meant for crimes of a far more heinous nature.

The latest Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill / Act 2010 virtually equates the killing of a cow with the murder of a human. (It's only the economically weaker sections of the society who consume/eat beef in India.)

An offender may be imprisoned from 01-07 years and fined between Rs. 25,000-50,000 or Rs.1 lakh. Draws the lines - us and them, the beef-eaters and those who don't, the killers (bad ones) and the pious/good ones. Reinforces those lines with the draconian, absolute and brutal police power of the State behind one particular section. Removes any distinction between "cow" and "cattle".

ITIR - Gaining Momentum

16 July 2010 - 2:37pm — Ravi_D

GOK passed the ITIR Act 2010 on Thursday, becoming the first state to do so. Per this DH Report:

The ITIR Act, 2010 will enable the state to attract a whopping Rs.2 trillion (Rs.2 lakh crore) global investments in the knowledge sector, boost exports and create 3 million jobs in a decade

Highlights:

Spread over 10,000 acres, ~40 sq kms

Companies enjoy tax benefits similar to SEZ units

55 companies have already shown interest, incl Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Manyata; signed MOUs at GIM-2010

Notification issued for 2,000+ acres already. Phase 1 will cover 2,500 acres. 

Deloitte is the consultant preparing DPRs and such.

Per that DH Report, IT/BT Minister Katta S Naidu says:

"The ITIR will be a self-sustainable integrated investment region housing IT, ITeS (IT enabled services) and hardware parks, supported by residential townships, a mini airport, high-speed railway network, shopping malls, hospitals and educational institutions among others"

Open Data progress - met with dept. of Sericulture

16 July 2010 - 1:07am — silkboard
Governance

So after 2 months of pause - we have been struggling to work meeting dates with some govt depts we have spoken with - we kicked this off with a meeting with Manivanan, who now heads dept of Sericulture.

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