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. […]
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MPs Of The 16th Lok Sabha Took Home An Average Of 20.5 Lakh Rupees In The First 10 Months In Salary & Allowances
The 16th Lok Sabha seems to have done better than the 15th Lok Sabha in various parameters like questions asked, debates participated etc. It also has a better attendance record. The 16th Lok Sabha so far has a 85% attendance record while 43 MPs have a 100% attendance record. On an average, an MP of […]
Defying RTI, Undermining Democracy
Six national parties in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), have refused to comply with the Central Information Commission (CIC) order of 2013 declaring them as […]
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 […]
ADR Opinion Poll – Government Funding To Political Parties
This is ADR’s initiative to know a citizen’s view on the issue of Government funding to political parties.
The ADR Opinion Poll – Donations To Political Parties
This is ADR’s initiative to know a citizen’s views on the matter of Political Party Financing and Transparency.
Decriminalizing Politics: Over To Political Parties Now To Weed Out The Chaff
Even while delivering his first speech in the Rajya Sabha on June 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought the support of lawmakers, urging the supreme court to complete the trials of pending criminal cases against MPs within a year. “When parties see seats being rendered empty, they will get the message… In five years, parliament […]
Financial Transparency: Let’s Start With Our Legislators
The debate stealing the limelight in the past few weeks has been about the new fervor in the government to control the burgeoning problem of black money in the country. Prime minister Narendra Modi has been reiterating his pledge to battle black money, roping in Indian banks to unveil the wealth that has been stored […]
Towards The De-Criminalization Of Politics
September 12, 2013, Talk at IIC, New Delhi Speaker: Trilochan Sastry, Professor IIM Bangalore, and Chairman, Association for Democratic Reforms Chair: Ramachandra Guha Discussant: N. Gopalaswami, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos. – M.K. […]