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| Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Rural Development interviewed by Anil Padmanabhan & Elizabeth Roche |
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As minister for rural development, Jairam Ramesh oversees the largest spending in the social sector by the government. This includes the marquee Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that was pioneered by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance in 2006. The minister, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known for his forthrightness. In a typically candid interview to Mint on the eve of the si. |
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| Gianni Tognoni, secretary general of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal interviewed by Jyotika Sood |
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In June 1979, an innovation in the field of law and politics came about in the form of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal. The idea behind it is identifying and publicising cases of violations of fundamental rights. For the first time a session of the tribunal was held in India in November 2011. In an interview to Jyotika Sood, the secretary general of the tribunal, Gianni Tognoni, tells how it works
What is the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT)?
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| Satyananda Mishra, Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) interviewed by Anuradha Raman |
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The CIC on his recent remark that if the legislature had its way, there would have been an express provision in the RTI Act to exclude the office of the CJI
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Satyananda Mishra recently remarked that if the legislature had its way, there would have been an express provision in the law to exclude the office of the Chief Justice of India from the RTI Act. In an interview to Anuradha Raman, he explains the reasons for his controversial pronouncement. Excer. |
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| Arvind Kejriwal, a key member of Team Anna interviewed by Sheela Bhatt |
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It would be an understatement to say that India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal, a key member of Team Anna, is a dejected man.
After stirring the nation last year with his anti-corruption for the most part of 2011, Kisan Baburao 'Anna' Hazare saw the movement fizzle out when he staged a fast in Mumbai in December. He has since returned to his village to recuperate from an undisclosed illness even as the agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill is in limbo.
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| Prashant Bhushan, Senior Advocate and member of Team Anna interviewed by V Venkatesan |
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PRASHANT BHUSHAN, a member of Team Anna and a Senior Advocate of the
Supreme Court, has been a vociferous critic of the government's Lokpal
Bill at every stage. He answers, in an interview to Frontline, questions
raised by Members of Parliament during the recent debate on the Lokpal
Bill in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and enunciates the challenges
ahead of the movement for an effective Lokpal. Excerpts:
The government's Lokpal Bill makes an attempt to separate the
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