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‘Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2010' released
NEW DELHI: The number of Bills passed by Parliament declined from 47 in 2008 to 41 in 2009; more than 40 lakh cases were pending in State High Courts by December 31 last year. Many such findings were released here on Tuesday in the “Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2010” by the National Social Watch.
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03/15/2011
Curbing Procurement Corruption
By PRANAV BHATTARAI
Public procurement is a lucrative area for business and corruption as well. It is estimated that approximately 70 percent of the central government expenditure in every country is spent through procurement or contracts annually.
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03/13/2011
Automating Public Procurement
By Pranav Bhattarai
Developing countries are making efforts to modernize their procurement system with the use of web-based technologies. Many governments worldwide have adopted e-procurement as a great leap toward promoting e-government.
Source: Republica
03/03/2011
Making Procurement Socially Accountable
By Md Shafiul Alam
Public procurement, that accounts for over three billion US dollars a year, is an important area of governance in the country. Transparency, accountability, fair competition and equal treatment to all are the essence of public procurement. The use of public money in the process calls for strict adherence to the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2006 and the Public Procurement Rules (2008).
Source: The Financial Express
01/30/2011
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Towards a Green Manifesto
by PAVAN SRINATH
Environmental and ‘green’ issues rarely make a dent in political discourse in India. In the past one decade, India has been witnessing unprecedented rates of growth and economic development. This has often been achieved at the cost of environmental degradation, large scale pollution and a complete disregard to our country’s depleting natural resources.
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Putting Passion Towards Potholes: Digitial Storytelling and Accountability Issues
By Sameera Huque
Photographers, and many others, often like to claim that 'a picture tells a thousand words'. When I worked as a documentary photographer, I used to try again and again (and repeatedly fail) to capture that essential image which would be the ultimate 'decisive moment', the fraction of a second that would tell the whole story about the exact situation facing me. In Dhaka slums, the Tibetan high plateau, down cobbled streets in Europe, in villages by the Bay of Bengal, theoretically, one fortuitous click could have that singular image, which would spring the story of a thousand words to whoever lucky enough to view it. Read more
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