Dayanand's World

Ever since Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal tried to belittle the CAG Report on the 2G Spectrum Telecom Scam and its criticism that the scam had cost a loss of Rs.1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer,there have been concerted attempts from the ruling party and their cohorts to undermine the institution and importance of the CAG. Sibal had tried to hoodwink the public by talking that the loss was 'only notional' and that the CAG was overstepping its limits. Some of the recent criticisms in the media, on the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to the Parliament seem to be arising out of limited perception of the mandate, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the supreme audit institution of the country. The institution of the CAG is created by the constitution in order to assist the Parliament in ensuring parliamentary supremacy over the executive. Unlike the financial auditor or a mere book keeper, the constitutional auditor basically deploys three distin...

Need to oppose the Communal Violence Bill, 2011. The policy making body for the UPA Govt. – the National Advisory Council (NAC), has set out to protect and defend the rights of the victims of communal violence. They have given a green signal to Communal Violence Bill - officially named as the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill - that seeks to protect minorities from murder, mayhem and communal riots. I happened to read the copy of the bill a couple of days ago and I was speechless when I actually went through some provisions and clauses of the Bill. The communal violence bill prepared by the National Advisory Council (NAC) seeks fundamentally to change how the government deals with violence against minorities. The bill focuses on religious and linguistic minorities as well the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, but religious minorities are at its heart. If the Communal violence bill becomes law, it will be accepted constitutionally that only Hindus cause riots. If th...