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		<title>Requirement of Sanction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harsimran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judiciary related stuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subramanian Swamy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Criminal laws in India by way of “sanctions” allow for protective discrimination in favour of public officials.[1]  Under various laws, sanctions are required to investigate and prosecute public officials.  Over the past 15 years these provisions of law have been revisited by the judiciary and the legislature.  Recently the Supreme Court in the Subramanian Swamy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly elections 2012 &#8211; Trends of the last 25 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[States and State legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assembly elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manipur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punjab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uttar pradesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uttarakhand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/?p=1281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the next few weeks, Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in five States – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.  As parties prepare for the upcoming elections, we take a look at the electoral trends in these states over the past 25 years. We see that electoral fortunes in some states have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Law Commission Notes on Khap and Dowry Cases</title>
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		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2012/01/24/two-law-commission-notes-on-khap-and-dowry-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pallavi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/?p=1294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Report on Khap Panchayats The Law Commission has drafted a consultation paper on caste panchayats.    A draft legislation titled “The Prohibition of Unlawful Assembly (Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances) Bill, 2011” has been attached to the consultation paper. The Bill prohibits people from congregating together to condemn a legal marriage on the ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lokpal debate: How the numbers stack up in Rajya Sabha&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/12/28/the-lokpal-debate-how-the-numbers-stack-up-in-rajya-sabha/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-lokpal-debate-how-the-numbers-stack-up-in-rajya-sabha</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed by Lok Sabha yesterday. The Bill will be discussed next by Rajya Sabha. Unlike the Lok Sabha, where the UPA government holds a majority in the House, the composition is different in Rajya Sabha. As on 28th December 2011, the total strength of Rajya Sabha is 243 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from MLAs</title>
		<link>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/12/20/lessons-from-mlas/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lessons-from-mlas</link>
		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/12/20/lessons-from-mlas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prsindia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authored by Anil Nair and CV Madhukar PRS just concluded a workshop for MLAs from 50+ from more than a dozen states.  What an AMAZING experience this was, even though this is the sixth such workshop we have held in this past year! This three day workshop on &#8216;Mastering the Budget&#8217; was designed to help MLAs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lok Pal Bill: The Standing Committee&#8217;s Views</title>
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		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/12/18/lok-pal-bill-the-standing-committees-views/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushiki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation Related]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament related stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lok Pal Bill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are indications that the Lok Pal Bill, 2011 is likely to be taken up for consideration and passing during the current Winter session of Parliament.  The Bill was introduced on Aug 4, 2011 in the Lok Sabha after a prolonged agitation led by Anna Hazare (see PRS analysis of the Bill).  It was referred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creation of New States</title>
		<link>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/29/creation-of-new-states/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=creation-of-new-states</link>
		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/29/creation-of-new-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parliament related stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powers of Parliament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/?p=1218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly recently passed a resolution calling for the division of Uttar Pradesh [U.P] into four States. But the procedure for formation of new States laid down in Article 3 of the Constitution provides that a State has no say over the formation of new States beyond communicating its views to Parliament. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulation of media in India &#8211; A brief overview</title>
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		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/16/regulation-of-media-in-india-a-brief-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harsimran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parliament related stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy related stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Council of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory mechanisms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/?p=1204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Media in India is mostly self-regulated.  The existing bodies for regulation of media such as the Press Council of India which is a statutory body and the News Broadcasting Standards Authority, a self-regulatory organization, issue standards which are more in the nature of guidelines.  Recently, the Chairman of the Press Council of India, former Justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Central Scheme: Understanding Accountability in MNREGA</title>
		<link>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/09/anatomy-of-a-central-scheme-understanding-accountability-in-mnrega/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=anatomy-of-a-central-scheme-understanding-accountability-in-mnrega</link>
		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/09/anatomy-of-a-central-scheme-understanding-accountability-in-mnrega/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of weeks, MNREGA is back in the spotlight. The Union Minister for Rural Development wrote to certain states regarding potential misuse of funds, and it was announced that rural development schemes are open to CAG audit.  In large schemes like MNREGA, officials at all levels of government &#8211; central, state, district, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTI rejections</title>
		<link>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/01/rti-rejections/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rti-rejections</link>
		<comments>http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/2011/11/01/rti-rejections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sachin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Right to Information Act, 2005, contains several exemptions which enable public authorities to deny requests for information. RTI Annual Return Reports for 2005-2010 give detailed information on use of these exemptions to reject RTI requests. Exemptions to requests for information under the Act are primarily embodied in three sections – section 8, section 11, [...]]]></description>
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