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'BCCI not a public authority under RTI Act': CIC overturns its 2018 orderThe Central Information Commission has ruled that Board of Control for Cricket in India does not qualify as a “public authority” under the ...- Shiv Sena MP pitches virtual panel meets, eyes ₹100 crore savingShiv Sena MP Milind Deora proposes shifting parliamentary committee and PSU review meetings online. This move could save the government app...
- NFRA sets up 4 separate functional divisionsThe National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is stepping up its game with the launch of four specialized divisions that will focus on ...
- Audit watchdog to split disciplinary & probe functions, set up 4 divisionsThe National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is restructuring its operations by creating separate wings for investigation and discipli...
- Govt weighs two-year terms for House panelsThe government is considering extending the tenure of parliamentary standing committees from one year to two years. This proposal follows c...
- All acts of terrorism unjustifiable, says Parliament-20 Summit joint statementDuring the G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P20) on Friday, terrorism in all its manifestations was strongly denounced. It was also emph...
- G20 parliamentary speakers pledge to combat terror, violent extremismThe speakers of parliaments from G20 countries have pledged to use their legislative and budgetary powers to combat terrorism and violent e...
- Medical Council of India ordinance reissuedAn ordinance to allow a committee run the scam-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI) has been re-issued.
- Ordinance issued to allow panel supersede scam-tainted MCIIt also provides for distribution of functions among four autonomous boards whose members would be persons of proven ability selected throu...
- Government in favour of separate regulator for CAsThe regulator will oversee compliance with accounting and auditing standards as well as for oversight of audit professionals, Corporate Aff...
- MCI row: SC asks Centre to constitute committee immediatelyThe Centre had earlier told the apex court that it had taken steps to put the alternative mechanism in place and there was no need now for ...
- Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan emphasises on oversight function of ParliamentHighlighting the significance of 3 'Es' of economy, efficiency and effectiveness, Mahajan said they require spending less, spending well an...
- President on Parliament proceedings: Noisy minority cannot be allowed to gag a patient majorityTalking about the ordinance route, Mukherjee said, "Constitution confers limited power upon Executive for Ordinances to meet exigencies."
- Pakistan parliament moves to bring ISI under civilian controlIn a bid to bring Pakistan's ISI under civilian control, the Senate has recommended an effective role of Parliament in monitoring it.
- Cabinet okays plan to enhance CBI’s autonomyThe Cabinet on Thursday accepted the recommendation of a ministerial group to enhance the Central Bureau of Investigation’s autonomy by set...
- Now, CAG focuses on lax nuclear safetyA CAG report on AERB has raised concern about the weak regulatory framework in the country that could pose potential danger like Chernobyl ...
- Chandrasekhar's 7-point agenda to clean up telecom sectorRajya Sabha MP R Chandrasekhar has now given a 7-point agenda to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal suggesting making the ministry "free of lobby...
- Why not appoint us as super regulator, asks CAGThe country’s supreme auditor has pitched itself as a super regulator of sorts, amid the din generated by an open spat between insurance an...
- Vice-president wants standing committee on intelligenceStressing on the need for an oversight mechanism for the intelligence services so as to make them more accountable, vice-president Hamid An...
- SOX Appeal: Accounting firms may get a watchdogSceptical of ICAI effectiveness, govt wants an independent regulatory body on the lines of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (P...
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