Bill soon to criminalize bribery in private sectorBringing corruption in private sector within the ambit of the PC Act is the prime focus of the proposed amendment bill.
02 Mar, 2015, 10.10 AM IST
Narendra Modi government queues up 19 bills for passage during winter sessionSources said the bills were shortlisted on Tuesday at a meeting, chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley, where representatives from all m...
19 Nov, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
List of Bills that are to come up this Parliament sessionMonth-long winter session of Parliament will start on November 24 and conclude on December 23. It will have 22 sittings.
28 Oct, 2014, 07.09 AM IST
Means to empower common man: Protect him from bribery demandsWe may shortly see revival of efforts to tackle corruption. Unfortunately, we the common people are also entangled in this corruption mesh.
17 Jun, 2014, 05.45 AM IST
Cabinet defers consideration of anti-graft ordinancesThe much-anticipated anti-graft ordinances being pushed by Rahul Gandhi were today put off by the Union Cabinet.
28 Feb, 2014, 04.29 PM IST
PM, Sonia Gandhi to decide on anti-graft ordinances: V NarayanasamyAccusing Opposition of non- cooperation in Parliament over key anti-corruption legislations, Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said gover...
24 Feb, 2014, 08.59 PM IST
Government to soon appoint Lokpal chairperson, membersGovernment has set the ball rolling for appointment of chairperson and eight members of Lokpal by inviting applications for the posts.
24 Jan, 2014, 03.37 PM IST
No place for India on OECD bribery convention unless it enacts stricter laws at homeIndia needs stronger domestic laws on bribery before it can become signatory to the OECD convention on bribery, an OECD official has said.
24 May, 2013, 04.09 AM IST
- Focus on governance principles to fight corruption: Arun Maira
There is a need to focus on the principles of governance to curb corrupt businesses practices, Planning Commission member Arun Maira said t...
23 May, 2013, 06.51 PM IST
Government nod to changes in bill to tackle bribery by foreignersGovt approves changes in a proposed legislation that makes accepting or giving bribe by foreign public officials a criminal offence.
18 Mar, 2013, 08.44 PM IST
- Foreign Bribery Bill to be taken up in next Cabinet meeting
Changes in a Bill aimed at criminalising foreign bribery were scheduled to be considered by the Union Cabinet here today but it could not b...
14 Mar, 2013, 09.31 PM IST
- Slowdown, job security areas of concern: Government
The President said that major initiatives in the infrastructure sector will improve the job situation besides making the economy more compe...
22 Feb, 2013, 05.24 AM IST
Industry bodies favour criminalising private sector briberyThe country's industry bodies have supported a proposed law to criminalise private sector bribery saying such an attempt would help in chec...
02 Oct, 2012, 02.11 PM IST
Fight against corruption ongoing process: GovernmentThe fight against corruption is an ongoing process & anti-corruption laws are strengthened from time to time to effectively & expeditiously...
30 Aug, 2012, 04.48 PM IST
- Corporate graft: CVC, CBI chiefs appear before Parliamentary panel
Official sources said Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar and CBI Director A P Singh gave their views on the matter before the pan...
24 Jan, 2012, 09.16 PM IST
- Government mulls bringing corporates under proposed anti-graft law
In view of complaints of corruption in the private sector, the government is considering bringing corporates under a proposed anti-graft la...
22 Jan, 2012, 12.25 PM IST
- No evidence to suggest rise in tax evasion: Government
The government on Tuesday said there is no evidence to suggest any increase in incidence of tax evasion over the previous years.
06 Sep, 2011, 08.41 PM IST