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Karnataka - highest tax generator in south

2 August 2010 - 9:27am — Naveen

Karnataka is the highest tax generator in the south & leads all other states by a huge margin, as reported in TOI today - See this link.

Incompetent BBMP?

2 August 2010 - 8:55am — kbsyed61

It is time to ask some tough questions on BBMPs competencies to maintain the Bengaluru City's civic infrastructure. Looking at various mishaps and neglect by BBMP becomes very apparent that BBMP does not have the technical and administrative competencies to create and maintain the civic infrastructure.

BDA and M/s Simplex Infra - Just Curious

2 August 2010 - 12:38am — silkboard

Disclaimer first. Not pointing any fingers here, things are very likely to be squeky clean, and I only have the rights to ask as a citizen. Just curious, and want to know if anyone else noted that Simplex Infrastructure has been awarded almost all Outer Ring Road flyover projects coming up on South/East side of city.

The cable tangle - free ride?

2 August 2010 - 12:22am — silkboard

It might sound like a trivial crib to many of you, but the freedom with which Cable TV operators ride on City's infrastructure conveys something to us. It might be a ignorable case of lax enforcement, and umpteen such small small things add up to promote the feeling that anyone can do anything with city's walls, pavements, poles, roads etc etc.

Do Water & Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Acts cover housing complexes?

31 July 2010 - 3:37pm — murali772

When the KSPCB sent us a notice for the first time in May, '07, I, as the then President of the association, raised a query with them as under:

Ours is a high-rise apartment complex comprising 126 dwelling units, situated at the above address. The only waste we generate is the sewage from toilets which is discharged into the BWSSB sewage line running below the main road adjoining our complex, for which BWSSB is levying us a 'sanitory charge', as a part of the monthly water bill. As such, please advise on what basis your organisation should be levying any annual 'consent fee' on our complex.

Corporate Social Irresponsibility

28 July 2010 - 10:38am — murali772

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been a hot topic globally. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has lectured companies on it. Some corporations have won acclaim and awards for CSR. Two of them were BP, the oil giant, and Goldman Sachs, the big investment bank. Every year, the World Economic Forum lists the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations". BP has made the list many times. So has Goldman Sachs, for its work on climate change and carbon trading.

Isn't it true of our situation too ?

27 July 2010 - 12:02pm — E.R. Ramachandran

Isn't this true of us too? Probably few thosands vs. One Billion++.....

No to crime and corruption in Karnataka politics - Petitions

23 July 2010 - 4:25pm — indian

In the 2008 Karnataka assembly there're
a) 42-43 MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) with criminal records - BJP (25), INC (08), JD[S] (07) and Independents (02).
b) 08 MLAs with murder or attempt to murder cases against them - BJP (03), INC (03) and JD[S] (02).
c) 18.75% of MLAs with criminal cases against them.

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AIMA conference on PPPs - a report

22 July 2010 - 2:10pm — murali772

The following is my report on the "All India Management Association (AIMA) Conference on Public Private Partnerships: Issues of Governance", held at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, on Friday, the 16th July.

Fate of RTI activists

21 July 2010 - 9:15am — Bheema.Upadhyaya

Its not long ago we heard about murder of RTI activist in Maharashtra, now its turn of Gujarat.

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