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Passport Seva Kendra is a great Initiative

22 September 2010 - 8:14pm — nisgupta

All, I recently visited passport seva kenra in the outer ring road and I cannot describe how pleased I am wit the overall experience. I think both TCS and MEA officials are doing a great job in this project, details below:

Kar-nataka live!

21 September 2010 - 5:19pm — murali772

Independent MLA and Sports and Textile Minister Goolihatti Shekhar threatened to commit suicide if dropped from the Cabinet. Sagar MLA Belur Gopalakrishna, who claims to have the support of over 20 MLAs, threatened that they will resign en masse if he is not made minister.

Corrupt corporator - What a farce!

20 September 2010 - 9:04am — Ravi_D

I scratch your back and you scratch mine! This corporator's suspension is withdrawn.... as

Today's DH:

Sachidananda Nagara Nyaya Para Andolana

15 September 2010 - 5:07pm — murali772

Paying bribes for issue of khatas has become common place today and it happens in almost every apartment or residence in Bengaluru. Through this fight we want to wipe out CORRUPTION in KHATAS from our layout.. from our city.. and from the entire country itself!

Draft National Anti-Corruption Strategy

7 September 2010 - 6:43pm — murali772

The National Anti-Corruption Strategy represents a blue print for commitment and action by the various stakeholders to the governance process. It aims at systematic and conscious reshaping of the country’s national integrity system.

The EVM controversy

6 September 2010 - 12:03pm — murali772

There is worldwide acceptance of the need for a paper trail in conjunction with EVMs. Electronic voting was introduced in many countries. But serious doubts were soon raised about the security, accuracy, reliability and verifiability of electronic elections. In October 2006, the Netherlands banned the use of EVMs. In 2009, the Republic of Ireland declared a moratorium on their use.

BBMP - eGovernance Initiative

31 August 2010 - 10:50am — Ravi_D

BBMP has invited Expression of Interest to "Prepare a DPR to establish e-Goveranace facilities at BBMP".

See attached, sourced from here and here.

BBMP Budget - 2010-11

31 August 2010 - 9:48am — Ravi_D

2010-11 BBMP Budget is out, first from an elected body after a long while. Saw the print edition of DH with some details of it, their website is currently down. Will link up after it wakes up!.

In the mean time, read the headlines from today's Hindu here.

Public service delivery in Indian cities

28 August 2010 - 8:41pm — idontspam

Here is a review of a book on urban spending. It substantiates most of what we have been saying variously on Praja. The review highlights an example of how BBMP is spending 32 times lesser than the norm for streetlights. This translates into lower coverage and bad maintenance.

Car usage disincentives - it's happening

24 August 2010 - 5:15pm — murali772

Are you a resident of Mizoram capital Aizawl? If yes, do not buy a car until you have a garage or parking space. Grappled with constant traffic snarls, Mizoram has finally found a way out, banning the sale of vehicles to any individual who does not own a garage or parking space. A car purchased after August 30 will be viewed illegal if its owner does not possess a garage or parking space.

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