People’s Take Sought On Changing lokpal Act
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee on Wednesday sought people’s view on changing the lokpal Act, which seeks to include leader of single largest opposition party in lok Sabha in a panel to select the chairperson and members of the anti-corruption body. The lokpal and lokayuktas and other related law (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in lok Sabha on December 8. It has been referred to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, law and Justice headed by Rajya Sabha member EM Sudarsana Natchiappan
Self-Sustainable Model For Smart Cities Sought
New Delhi: The Centre is seeking a “self-sustainable” framework for establishing 100 smart cities in the country and the Urban Development Ministry on Wednesday said it will consult organisations like the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) in this regard. “The main onus of setting up smart cities lies with the states and urban local bodies. We need the civic and urban bodies to firm up and meet the challenges. And, therefore we need a self-sustainable model,” Urban Development Secretary Shankar Aggarwal said.