No Criminals - Results ... MPs, Cabinet

Thumbs down to criminals in many constituencies.
But 43 from BJP, and 41 from Congress still get in !!! What % of total fielded made it ?
How many of criminal MPs will get into the Cabinet ? Lets wait and watch.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/elections/no_criminals_in_cabinet_please.php

JP of Loksatta wins, inspite of corrupt politics

Dr J P Narayan won a seat in the constituent assembly.
Loksatta spent less than Rs 1 lakhs per contestant.

http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&Itemid=60

cheers !

eGovernance in India

Checkout Dr. Subhash Bhatnagar's talk at LSE on "Impact Assessment Study of e-Governance Projects in 12 States in India" http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/newsAndEvents/2009events/Bhatnagar.htm

Rs 23000 Crores National eGovernance Plan (2006-) includes several interesting initiatives, including those touching judicial reforms (eCourts), land/property/registration process reforms (land records, property registration, vehicle registration, driving license ..).

Ofcourse, true reform consists of changing process (possibly enabled by ICT) rather than applying ICT to existing processes. eGovernance projects are great opportunities for attracting attention to processes which need reforms.

CSDS - Centre for Study of Developing Studies

http://www.csds.in/

... of Prof Yogendra Yadav, CNN-IBN fame

PRS India - Legislative Research

http://www.prsindia.org/

CPR incubated initiative.
Parliamentary research. Brings out bulletins to make things more transparent.

Encouraging voting trends in LokSabha 2009 ?

Middle and upper class voter turnout has been 58%. This has been a trend reversal from the past elections !

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE01Df04.html

Build your stage diases strong :)

Some humorous clips showing stages collapsing (due to overcrowding)
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/91569/watch-politicians-and-their-collapsing-dais.html