Mumbai: Calling on the youth to "co-operate" with government in fighting the corruption, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said branding the entire bureaucracy and the political leadership as corrupt was not correct. "Tarring the entire bureaucracy or tarring the entire political leadership as being corrupt is not the right way," Murthy said, speaking at a seminar `Youth for Governance', organised by the Public Concern for the Governance Trust....
01:39 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Singapore: Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10, according to a report by a prestigious consulting firm based in Singapore. India fared worst than Vietnam (rated at 8.54), Indonesia (8.37), Philippines (7.57) and China (7.11), said the report released on Wednesday by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. Singapore remained the best with a rating of 2.25, followed by Hong Kong...
02:05 PM, Jan 11, 2012
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Delhities are a happy lot these days. The Delhi government has recently passed a landmark Bill that penalizes government officials who fail to process applications ...
03:42 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: The CVC will suggest to the Parliamentary Standing Committee certain changes in the proposed Lokpal bill and pitch for greater powers to prosecute higher bureaucracy in corruption-related cases. Senior officials in the country's top anti-corruption body said that a detailed presentation explaining the Commission's role in checking graft in government departments has been prepared for the perusal of the panel. "There may be a conflict of interest in...
12:36 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: Government is likely to issue a set of guidelines soon to check corruption in bureaucracy which will include reducing the time taken to penalise delinquent officials. In the midst of Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption, a three-member Committee of Experts, formed to examine and recommend measures to expedite the process involved in disciplinary proceedings, has suggested that inquiries of all major offences should be completed within 12 months....
09:52 AM, Sep 04, 2011
A CNN-IBN explainer on who stands where on the three sticking points in the Anna Hazare resolution. ...
06:48 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan has submitted a draft of the Lokpal Bill and Lokayukta to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He said that if the Government and Team Anna agree on his proposed draft than it can implemented soon. "I have send a draft bill on Lokpal and Lokayukta to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. If the Government and Anna agree my proposed bill can be implemented tomorrow,"...
05:33 PM, Aug 26, 2011
New Delhi: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the government was planning to bring in a separate law that would deal with corruption cases related to lower bureaucracy. According to Ramesh such a law will ensure transparency in the working of the bureaucracy. Sources in the Congress party said that the proposed law could be one of the proposals to be sent to Anna Hazare. Anna...
05:05 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said even college graduates were better than them. ...
12:29 AM, Jul 02, 2010
Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi has come down heavily on bureaucracy calling then ineffective. ...
02:07 PM, Jul 01, 2010
Veerappa Moily promises to change law protecting civil servants. ...
05:25 PM, Sep 13, 2009
India's "suffocating bureaucracy" was ranked the least-efficient by the survey. ...
03:01 PM, Jun 03, 2009
It's an admission that should leave our political leadership embarrassed. ...
05:08 PM, Feb 04, 2009
The Administrative Reforms Commission presents first report on accountability of bureaucrats. ...
08:24 PM, Dec 12, 2008
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