Topic: Chief Election Commissioner
Modi govt wants bureaucrats to address complaints against information commissioners
In a meeting of the Central Information Commission held on 27 March, the information commissioners opposed the govt's proposal and saw it as an attack on their independence.
Under Modi regime, the Election Commission needs the spine of former CEC T.N. Seshan
The EC now appears like an extension of the Centre and not an institution that can take government to task.
System of candidate with most votes winning an outdated one, says former election panel head
T.S. Krishnamurthy said none of the parties are taking any interest in any electoral reform & all of them are interested in status quo.
Chief Information Commissioner to have same status as CEC, rules Supreme Court
Court issues directions to Modi government to bring greater transparency in appointment of CIC and Information Commissioners.
Sunil Arora: The aviation ‘expert’ who will oversee India’s next general election
India’s new CEC Sunil Arora ‘knows how to get stuff done’. But he will also be the least experienced poll chief to manage Lok Sabha elections.
Social media platforms promise to curb posts that can affect poll process, says CEC
Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat says expenditure on poll advertisements on social media will be added to expenses of candidates.
Current laws inadequate to check abuse of money in polls, says Chief Election Commissioner
OP Rawat noted that "machinations" of data theft, data harvesting and fake news pose a potent threat to the electoral process in the country.
Election Commission rules out possibility of one nation, one poll
Chief Election Commissioner O.P.Rawat put to rest all speculations on simultaneous elections.
Election Commission inexperienced to handle 2019, fear former poll body chiefs
Sunil Arora, who will take charge as chief election commissioner in December, will have overseen just 10 assembly polls by the time the general elections roll in. That's less than half the experience his predecessors had in 2009 and 2014.
Urgent need to curb hate speeches during poll campaigns: Former CECs
Poll panel told to work out ways to reduce the number of phases in elections to shorten the period of the model code.
Why Google, Facebook and other US tech giants are making a beeline for India
With China now closed, US tech giants are now looking to the other big market in the world that’s getting more open.
High production costs, compliance burden won’t let India emulate China, says PM’s advisor
PM’s Economic Advisory Council member V. Anantha Nageswaran says whittling away unwanted rules and regulations will be a step towards fixing the problem.
Defence
India planning to order Heron drones, Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel
There is a need for Heron UAVs to add to the existing fleet of drones to meet the Air Force requirements, govt sources said without specifying any number.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.