December 2008

BIAL RTI - MOU between AAI & KSIIDC and Land Lease Agreement

16 December 2008 - 9:02pm — Rithesh

In response to the RTI applications filled with KSIIDC, there was a meeting between Mr Nagaraj, DGM, KSIIDC and a couple of Praja members. The meeting was a very cordial one and Mr Nagesh apart from giving us the requested documents also shared with us his views on the development of BIAL.

Medical ethics and objectionable Pharmacy practices

15 December 2008 - 9:29am — psaram42

Whenever I am waiting to see my cardiologist, at his clinic in Indiranagar, there are invariably a couple of drug representatives who put in their cards with the receptionist for an appointment with the doctor. The doctor meets the reps only after he is through with the patients of course. When my doctor changed a drug which I was using for ages I was not comfortable.

Road side parking of cars and other vehicles

15 December 2008 - 10:46pm — psaram42

Some time back I had posted an article in my blog regarding the road side parking in RWA of HAL III stage area, in Bangalore.

Karnataka's Accountant General - dead or alive?

15 December 2008 - 10:58pm — silkboard

Ever been to the CAG website? Its of interest because it provides useful data on how select government departments are doing with tax payer's money. Look at this report on NAL (National Aero Lab) for example, and see how CAG details NAL's failure to meet its targets. Or see this report on allotment of housing by DDA. Don't we wish Karnataka too had a CAG like body to audit the likes of BDA and BBMP?

Water supply is not getting privatized

14 December 2008 - 11:46pm — silkboard

After Mysore City corporation announced the water supply PPP with JUSCO (Tata arm that manages water supply in Jamshedpur), there have been concerns that water supply is being handed over to private players, and the rates may go up.