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Petition your MP to discuss the new Information Technology Act (IT Rules)

By ⋅ August 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you haven’t already, you should read Nitin Pai’s DNA piece on getting our government representatives to review the new IT rules. Maybe cybercafes don’t concern you. What about free speech, which makes it possible for me to disparage the IT rules as being poorly considered? Under the new rules, users cannot post material online [...]

Full Text of Arun Jaitley’s speech in the Rajya Sabha

By ⋅ August 25, 2011 ⋅ 77 comments

SHORT DURATION DISCUSSION ON GROWING INCIDENCE OF CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY): Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, we are extremely grateful to you for allowing this issue to be raised today. Sir, on my own behalf and on behalf of all my colleagues, I am sure most of the [...]

Erosion of credibility

By ⋅ August 24, 2011 ⋅ 82 comments

Arun Jaitley gave a brilliant speech today in the Rajya Sabha. “We must also have the honesty of purpose to analyze where we have gone wrong. There is erosion of credibility as far as governance is concerned. People are losing faith that normal mechanisms will be adequate to tackle the prob. So it is extremely [...]

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