The government is working on a new central public procurement policy to bring in transparency, curb irregularities and corruption and plug the inconsistencies in government purchases because of multiplicity of guidelines in vogue.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday spent 30 minutes with his son and Union minister MK Alagiri at his official bungalow in New Delhi.
Veteran party leader Lal Krishna Advani, who was present with a score of senior leaders in the party headquarters to greet Gadkari, said the party will grow from strength to strength under the leadership of Nagpur-born Gadkari.
Jairam Ramesh, who quit as a union minister earlier this week, was on Saturday appointed the Congress' campaign coordinator in the Lok Sabha elections.He will be setting up a 'war room' near the All India Congress Committee headquarters to coordinate the movement of Congress leaders on the campaign trail and meet the requirements of candidates. A Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh, he is also a member of various AICC committees.
Government officials are often reluctant to sanction prosecution against corrupt colleagues, to avoid relentless harassment by the Central Bureau of Investigation and other agencies, as such cases drag on for years.The Centre has finally woken up to this undue harassment of the sanctioning officers which eventually impedes the drive against corrupt officials.
Disqualifying lawmakers of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for defying whip during the trust vote on July 22 will be the trickiest task for Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
According to sources, there are several irregularities in Chiranjeevi's application. Instead of the requisite 100 signatories of party workers for registration, Chiranjivi has enclosed just 88 applications. (The actor considers 8 as his lucky number, so Chiranjeevi has submitted only 88 applications)
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