Two ex-CECs have been quoted as saying that the UIDAI had lobbied long and hard to link voter IDs and Aadhaar as a way to legitimise the controversial biometric ID project. In early 2018, about 6.6 million voters-out of a total of 50 million-were found missing from the Karnataka electoral rolls. More than 1.5 million […]
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An Appeal to the Voters of Bihar
Please download the video and share to spread awareness. Please download the video and share to spread awareness. An Appeal to the Voters of Bihar admin The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is a non-partisan, non-governmental organization which works in the area of electoral and political reforms. Along with National Election Watch (NEW), which is […]
Gujarat Reservation Stir: Where Do the Fault Lines Lie? – The Big Picture
Guests: Aakar Patel, Columnist and political analyst ; Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar, former Director, IIM-Ahmedabad and founder-member of National Election Watch ; Ajay Gudavarthy, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU ; Anand Vyas, Bureau Chief, Janambhoomi ; Vishal Dahiya, Correspondent, RSTV. Anchor: Girish Nikam Gujarat Reservation Stir: Where Do the Fault Lines Lie? – The Big Picture admin […]
Debate on ADR’s PIL to bring Political Parties under RTI
राष्ट्रीय राजनीतिक दलों को RTI के दायरे में लाने के मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने केंद्र सरकार, चुनाव आयोग और 6 राष्ट्रीय राजनीतिक दलों को नोटिस देकर 6 हफ्तों में जवाब मांगा है। इन पार्टियों में बीजेपी, कांग्रेस, एनसीपी, बीसपी, सीपीआई और सीपीएम शामिल हैं। एडीआर ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका दाखिल की थी। वकील […]
Lok Manch – Corruption in Politics
देश के किसी भी सिस्टम में कमियां ख़त्म नहीं होंगी जब तक पोलिटिकल सिस्टम में कमियां ख़त्म नहीं होंगी, कानून को लागु करने के लिए संस्थाएं हैं, उन संस्थाओं के ऊपर भी पोलिटिकल कण्ट्रोल हैं, डायरेक्ट या इनडायरेक्ट यह एक अलग बात है लेकिन कानून व्यवस्था और क्रिमिनल जस्टिस सिस्टम काम नहीं कर सकता जब […]
Sarokaar – NGOs and Government: Intentions & Actions
The government recently revoked the licenses of 4470 NGOs. These NGOs were charged with violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). Many prestigious institutes fall under the ambit of this order including University of Delhi, JNU, Punjab University among others. Last year also, the government revoked the licenses of 8,975 NGOs and till now […]
Sarokaar – MPLAD Scheme: Application and Rationale
The recently published report by India Spend has presented some startling figures regarding the expenditure of funds received from MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) by MPs for development work in their respective constituencies. It has been stated that in the past one year, MPLADS funds of 298 members of Lok Sabha have remained unutilised. […]
ADR writes to PM for introduction of Register of Members’ Interest of Lok Sabha MPs
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) writes to the Prime Minister for introduction of Register of Members’ Interest of Lok Sabha MPs. admin The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is a non-partisan, non-governmental organization which works in the area of electoral and political reforms. Along with National Election Watch (NEW), which is a conglomeration of […]
RTI Act: ADR To Move Court Against 6 Parties
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18: The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), a non-profit, plans to file a petition against six national political parties for non-compliance and contempt of the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order dated June 3, 2013. The six parties are the Congress, BJP, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPI(M). In its order, the CIC had […]
Interview: How To Do Away With Corporate Funding
A crucial point that came up during the investigations into the corporate espionage scam was that several corporates had made huge political donations to political parties so that they could lobby. It has been found during the investigations that corporates had lobbied with politicians to ensure posting of their favoured bureaucrats in some ministries so […]