At the 2007 Assembly elections Goans voted for and got a fractured mandate. In 2012, Goa decided that it wanted a break from Congress corruption and hence gave a clear majority to the BJP. This resulted, as we all experienced, in absolute arrogance, more corruption and nepotism over the last five years. Now, on February […]
Month: January 2017
THE RTI ACT YET TO BE STRENGTHENED
The Right to Information Act which came into force on October 12th 2005 is now over a decade old. Over the decade however the greater challenge has been the actual implementation of the Act. Unless the RTI Act is further strengthened Good Governance, Transparency in the Administration and Zero Tolerance to Corruption will never be a reality. The […]
IT’S TIME NaMo WALKS THE TALK
People across the country were with a sense of hope eagerly awaiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s New Year’s Eve address to the nation. But it was a damp squib as he seems to have visibly run out of steam. He has once again promised a war against corruption and the dishonest. This is baffling as […]