Time to blow the whistle - Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: May 14, 2014 - After months of delay and gathering dust from its first introduction on August 26, 2010 and its reference to a Parliamentary Standing Committee on September 16, 2010, to its approval by the Union Cabinet in June 2011, to its passing by the Lok Sabha on December 27, 2011 and its subsequent clearance by the Rajya Sabha on February 21, 2014, the long awaited Presidential nod to the Whistle-Blowers Protection Bill, 2011 was finally given on Friday, May 9. But the election fever was raging so strong that most media reports simply missed out from giving adequate coverage on the issue and some even totally ignored it from giving any space. With corruption becoming a serious issue that has eaten into the very core of Indian society, various anti-corruption lobby groups in the country have been struggling long for a legislation to ensure protection of the whistleblowers as well as to facilitate disclosure of information for uncovering corruption in Government organisations. And, Whistle-Blowers Protection Bill, 2011 is the outcome of that struggle. Read full @ goo.gl/zYvgRB
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 02:56:05 +0000
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