Posts Tagged CBI
The Curious Case of Kumar Mangalam Birla & HINDALCO
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on October 20, 2013
The FIR (First Information Report) filed by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) against the major aluminium producing private sector company in India, HINDALCO, and its Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has been one of the biggest news stories of the week for many reasons. The CBI is investigating in to acts of omission and/or corruption, […]
Autonomy For Income Tax Department
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 6, 2013
The Supreme Court of India would like the central bureau of investigation to be granted functional autonomy so that it can investigate corruption cases without any interference of the executive. The government disagrees. The court has yet to make the final pronouncement. But the growing corruption, its ability to pervert the democratic form of government […]
Rahul Gandhi To Replace Man Mohan Singh?
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on May 10, 2013
At the end, corruption has taken its toll : the Rail Minister, Mr. Pavan Kumar Bansal, caught in the tsunami of naked corruption, is reported to have resigned. That is really not the news. The impending resignation of the Law Minister, Mr. Aswani Kumar, who has abused his position to protect the guilty in the […]
Defying & Challenging the Supreme Court
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on May 1, 2013
The corruption scam in allocation of coal blocks to private entities by the ministry of Coal, Government of India, when the Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh held the charge of the coal ministry was first detected by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India more than a year ago. The loss to the exchequer estimated […]
TIMING OF BOFORS REVELATIONS?
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on April 27, 2012
Questions are being asked about the timing of the fresh revelations in the Bofors scandal. These are no different from the questions about the timing of Gen V.K.Singh ordering an Inquiry by the CBI in the Tatra trucks scandal or other cases or his letter to the PM. Such questions will always be fired whether […]
CAG Reports Bust Myths
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 6, 2011
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has thoroughly scrutinized the accounts of the Government of India for the past 7 years and torn the myths of aam aadmi friendly government, headed by an economist Prime Minister. It has unravelled the mystery of the loot of public funds or losses to the exchequer worth billions […]
Punish the corrupt but protect the honest
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 5, 2011
The Anna Hazare team has rejected the official Lokpal Bill, for good reasons. But in its anxiety about the corrupt neta and babus (leaders & bureaucrats), it has completely forgotten the plight of the honest public servants at the hands of the crooked politicians and serving or retired bureaucrats and members of the staff. Only […]
Society births Annas & Ramdevs!
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on June 10, 2011
Corruption, when spread to each and every agency of the government, creates a climate for civil strife. The first casualty of corruption is “governance”. In the past several years the citizens have faced the consequences of corruption almost on a daily basis. It has turned cruel, uncivil and violent extortion. More than that, the present […]
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