EBS is now gone, but ETS is still available, ECI should nudge political parties and the corporate world towards wider use of ETS. Then, at least one part of electoral funding can become cleaner.
During the event, Election Commissioner Arun Goel quoted the Vedas to emphasise that India was the world’s oldest, and not just the largest, democracy.
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said 1991 Act on service conditions of CEC, ECs was a half-baked attempt and present Bill covers areas left out by previous legislations.
Bill, now passed in Rajya Sabha, seeks to negate an SC judgment on selection of the CEC and ECs in the Election Commission by replacing CJI in the panel with a cabinet minister.
Launch of S.Y. Quraishi’s book, India’s Experiment with Democracy saw Fali Nariman, Shashi Tharoor, Shekhar Gupta & Neerja Chowdhury discuss various aspects of the electoral system.
Session to have 5 sittings, take place from 18 to 22 September. There are speculations that government wants to push contentious laws like 'One nation, One election' and UCC.
If Modi govt is bringing a legislation to implement Supreme Court's decision, then it must also look at issues that affect the composition and operation of ECI.
Supreme Court can't become a parallel legislative body. But that's exactly what the court is doing by ordering for a committee with CJI on it to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner.
The standoff between SC and Modi govt over the selection process of election commissioners comes after Kiren Rijiju's remark that only in India do the judges appoint judges.
Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K & Roopa A’s expedition aboard INSV Tarini is the first-ever such global circumnavigation by Indian women in a double-handed mode.
India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.
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