Personnel Ministry spearheads govt offices transformation, 'good governance' steps in 2023Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured that technology is used as a tool to ensure transparency, accountability and citizen centricity in the...
28 Dec, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
Govt's intent very clear; Lokpal, CIC vacancies to be filled up in course of time: Jitendra Singh"Firstly the advertisements are made and individuals apply. Sometimes the number of applications is high. These applications have to be sca...
21 Nov, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
Not prosecuted single person to date, Lokpal's performance far from satisfactory: Parliamentary PanelAccording to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the Lokpal shall, by notification, constitute a prosecution wing headed by the Director o...
23 Mar, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Shaji K V takes over charge as NABARD ChairmanIn a separate reply, Karad said recently, all ministries/departments of the Centre have been asked to take action in 'Mission Mode', to fil...
12 Dec, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Lokpal gets 4,244 complaints this fiscal till Jan, over 80% jump from 2020-21"Total 4,244 number of complaints (including format and non-format) have been received though online/offline and email during the financial...
03 Mar, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
Complaints received by Lokpal do not indicate decreasing trend, says governmentAnti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal had received 30 complaints against senior central government officials between April and July 2021, accord...
10 Feb, 2022, 06.20 PM IST
Complaints to Lokpal reducing; shows there is hardly anything to complain against now: MoS for Personnel and PMO Jitendra SinghReplying to supplementary queries during the Question Hour, he said that while in 2019-20 there were 1,427 complaints to the anti-corruptio...
05 Aug, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
Lokpal gets 12 corruption complaints between April-June this yearAs many as 110 complaints, including four against Members of Parliament (MPs), were received by the Lokpal during 2020-21, registering over...
12 Jul, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Lokpal writes to Centre for appointment of directors of inquiry and prosecutionBased on an RTI reply, anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has written to the Central government for the appointment of the directors of inqui...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Track Insurance complaints online, government amends ombudsman rulesIn a statement the finance ministry noted that under the amended rules, the timeliness and cost-effectiveness of the redressal mechanism ha...
03 Mar, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
Online tests for govt recruitments, Mission Karmayogi for employees training key decisions in 2020Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry took timely measures to facilitate smooth functioning of all the central government office...
28 Dec, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
In a first, Lokpal to take up three high-level corruption casesDetails of the cases weren’t known, as the officials said the Lokpal had codified the complaints to keep secret the identities of the compl...
20 Aug, 2020, 07.16 AM IST
Lokpal to work from Delhi's 5-star luxury hotel"The office of Lokpal will work from 'The Ashok' hotel in Chanakyapuri here," the officials said, adding that it would act as its temporary...
22 Apr, 2019, 04.26 PM IST
Another AAP Lokpal quits, joins Delhi government as advisor to CM Arvind KejriwalAAP's internal Lokpal, Rakesh Sinha, has quit the post to join Delhi government, thus reducing the effective strength of the three-member p...
13 Dec, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Government to amend Lokpal, DSPE ActsThe new clause will make it clear that the proceedings of the respective selection committees are not held as "invalid" due to a lack of qu...
18 Nov, 2014, 04.38 PM IST
- Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to induct MLC S R Patil into Ministry
Patil would be sworn in by Governor H R Bhardwaj at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan, sources said.
24 May, 2013, 05.42 PM IST
- Don't play into others' hands, Congress tells Anna Hazare
Congress came out with a low-key response to fresh challenge from Hazare, in a remarkable shift from combative style it chose whenhe first ...
05 Oct, 2011, 11.08 AM IST