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Bawana (Delhi) fire-tragedy and political war: Precautions necessary for future

Bawana (Delhi) fire-tragedy and political war: Precautions necessary for future

राज्य
Delhi BJP President hit a political self-goal on unfortunate fire-tragedy in Bawana (Delhi) on 20.01.2018 killing seventeen poor labourers, when he tried to defend the indefensible by declaring video-clipping a fake one in which Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) was seen whispering with her associates saying that matter of factory-licensing may not be raised since this department rested with NDMC. Even NDMC Mayor never doubted genuineness of her much talked-about video-clipping, though she tried to do damage-control by twisting her statement later. However gravity of the accident required immediate visit to the site by Delhi Chief Minister and his ministers. Even largest inspector-force involving so many departments cannot practically check illegal activities...
Delicate Balance of Power

Delicate Balance of Power

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India-Israel R K SINHA While the world has taken note of ties between India and Israel, nations hostile to India are busy deciphering the statesmanship of the two leaders- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in striking delicate balance of power on Jerusalem. Jerusalem has been a bone of contention between Palestine and Israel for long. Israeli claim that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel but the world refuse to accept the claim of Israel. The recent decision of the US President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been rejected by the world leaders. Jerusalem occupies a special place for the Jews. The Temple Mount is located in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is holiest place for Jews. It is temple of Z...
New CPGRAMS (www.pgportal.gov.in) system should incorporate suggestions too: Directorate of Estate cannot differentiate its working with portals at websites of Prime Minister and President (see attachments)

New CPGRAMS (www.pgportal.gov.in) system should incorporate suggestions too: Directorate of Estate cannot differentiate its working with portals at websites of Prime Minister and President (see attachments)

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Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (Government of India) has from January 2018 launched its new improved portal www.pgportal.gov.in for Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) but now with special characters not allowed in posted submissions. Suggestions on this portal are now not allowed according to notification published in newspapers on 27.07.2016. CPGRAMS should allow special characters also for simplicity apart accepting suggestions on the portal with a modified name. It may be mentioned that very improvement system-reforms like discontinuing useless denominations of rupees 1, 2, 5 and 7 of Indian Postal Orders (IPOs) and correcting IPO-printing were achieved through earlier-allowed posting of suggestions on this portal. No...
Supreme Court query on post-retirement residences to President, Vice President and Prime Minister: Even US President does not have any such facility

Supreme Court query on post-retirement residences to President, Vice President and Prime Minister: Even US President does not have any such facility

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It refers to Supreme Court asking law-officers of central government on 17.01.2018 to submit views on President, Vice President and Prime Minister being allotted government-accommodations after their retirement after the amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium suggested that not only former Chief ministers in states but even President, Vice President and Prime Minister should not be allowed with such a privilege. It is indeed regretting that Lok Prahari had to file Public Interest Litigation (PIL) because the then Akhilesh Yadav led UP government legislated for post-retirement government-residences for all former Chief Ministers in the state to counter Supreme Court verdict against such practice. Some Chief Ministers got constructed palatial bungalows at government-expense for their post-r...
INDIA’S  DEFENCE  / DIPLOMACY STRATEGY ON  RIGHT TRACK

INDIA’S DEFENCE / DIPLOMACY STRATEGY ON RIGHT TRACK

BREAKING NEWS
Irksome relationship that India now has with Pakistan and China, the two neighbouring countries, have made many Indians including a few former diplomats and war veterans wonder whether India has to fight two front war in the immediate future. The Chief of Army Staff has also given credence to such view, by asserting that India has the capability to fight on two fronts. Some people even think that India may have to fight on three fronts ,the additional front being internal unrest caused by a few extremists who will get the support of arms or money or both from abroad. Such situation of having to fight on more than one front, if it were to happen, would certainly stretch the Indian military capability and economy to a maximum extent. In such case, India will have to divert i...
RBI should arrange earlier issued commemorative coins for coin-collectors

RBI should arrange earlier issued commemorative coins for coin-collectors

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17.01.2018 clarified that 10-rupee coins issued so far in all the 14 designs are valid because of reports about people not accepting these coins in fear of their being fake. But coin-collectors wanting to have commemorative coins have no knowledge about their availability. RBI should arrange availability of all previous commemorative coins for desiring ones at selected bank-branches across the country, all postal philatical centres apart from all RBI offices at face-value. These counters should also sell commemorative-coin sets issued on occasion of issue of a new coin right from the day of release abolishing cumbersome procedure to get these through advance booking to be delivered months or years after their release thus killing the very purpose of commemora...
Ever-increasing Income Tax dues against world’s richest cricket-body BCCI

Ever-increasing Income Tax dues against world’s richest cricket-body BCCI

राष्ट्रीय
It refers to Income Tax Department revealing about rupees 860.52 crores as tax-dues against richest cricket-body of the world namely Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI). Revelation comes after CIC-verdict 05.01.2018 in petition-number CIC/RM/A/2012/000197-BJ wherein CIC passed observations against Income Tax Department for being liberal against BCCI for recovery of tax-dues. Income tax Department during several rounds of hearing had confused about some stay-order against recovery of tax-dues till December 2017. Later it turned out to be stay by Income Tax Department itself. It is shocking and surprising that Income Tax Department gives undue relaxation to such super-rich bodies which spends money minted out of public-craze to liberally to our ultra-rich cricketers...
End of Haj subsidy welcomed by all: Why not abolished earlier

End of Haj subsidy welcomed by all: Why not abolished earlier

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Union government should be complimented for its yet other bold decision to end Haj-subsidy in one go, a step welcomed by all including Muslim-community and even main opposition Congress party. But big question is why Congress could not take the much-desired step in its own regime. Bitter fact remains that except the present ruling party at the Centre and some small political groups, all other major political parties till now used to stick to minority-appeasing policy simply for vote-bank politics which were in fact harmful for even the Minority community. Present Central Government has already marched ahead with its such other bold steps like on Triple Talaq which have given minority-women a sigh of relief where men in their community though publicly admitting a bad practice, but opposed l...
No action on recommendations of Supreme Court committee for uniformity in paper-size

No action on recommendations of Supreme Court committee for uniformity in paper-size

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Department of Justice in its communication dated 26.11.2015 on the matter taken up with Rajya Sabha committee on Petitions revealed that a meeting of Chairpersons of Computer Committees of High Courts chaired by Supreme Court Judge Justice Madan B Lokur (Judge in-charge of e-Committee of Supreme Court) on 2-3 August 2014 emphasised that for sake of uniformity, A-4 size paper-sheets should be used in preparing orders, judgements and depositions. But it is regretting that British legacy to continue with legal-size paper still continues. Presently A-4 size paper (29.5 cms x 21 cms) is most commonly used size of paper-sheets. All photocopiers used in homes and offices are mostly equipped to handle this size of paper-sheets only. Distinct size of legal paper-sheets for filing and use in...
Changes in Indian Passports

Changes in Indian Passports

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It refers to decision of Union government for not printing last page of Indian passports primarily to save identity of single parent and adopted child. Passport used to be the most authentic identity-proof issued only after reliable police-verification, as such deleting last page altogether is not advisable. Column of parents’ names could have been avoided to be printed. Rather new-designed passports should be issued where details printed on last page (without parents’ names) may be printed on page facing the page having name of passport-holder so that photocopy in single sheet may be enough to be submitted as proof of identity-proof of passport-holder. Idea of having different (orange) coloured jacket-cover for ECR (Emigration Check Required) though seems good for easy identificat...