Money for stay-at-home women, high-speed internet, and ‘Ministry of Possibilities’ among the announcements
Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Monday announced his party’s ambitious ‘Seven Point Governance and Economic Agenda’ that promises to create ‘Green Channel Government’ through which statutory certificates and documents to citizens are issued ‘without the citizens applying for it’ and ‘Online Homes’.
The party press release said that it plans to provide each home with ‘computer and high speed internet’, strive to create equal opportunities in ‘Urban and Rural areas’ and monetise housework done by stay-at-home women folk across the State.
Explaining ‘Green Channel Government’, the party said that it would strive to create ‘paperless Government offices’ running on single ‘Enterprise Resource Planning’ (ERP) from Panchayat office to Chief Minister’s Office co-ordinated by Ministry of Digital Governance.
Kamal Haasan promises freebies for TN assembly polls including payment to homemakers
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Chennai, Dec 21 : Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Monday promised freebies such as free computers with 100 mpbs speed internet connection to every household in the state and payments for their domestic work to women who are homemakers.
He also ruled out any electoral alliance with the AIADMK and the DMK and added that in January an announcement will be made in this regard.
Haasan said if there is an alliance with the Rajinikanth s yet-to-be-launched party, then the Chief Ministerial candidate will be decided by the two.
Delhi HC notice to Centre, BBNL on scam in contracts
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The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), and CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd on a petition that challenged the award of contracts to the private company (CSC) to install Wi-FI access points.
The public interest litigation filed by NGO Telecom Watchdog sought quashing of the award of contracts on nomination basis by the administrator of Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, working under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), to the private company.
The CSC was initially created as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for providing e-governance services under the PPP model.
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the ministries of Communications and Electronics and Technology, CVC, CSC and Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and seeking their stand on the plea by NGO Telecom Watchdog.
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The petition has further sought that directions to the Centre not to award any contract in future to CSC SPV or any other entity without following a transparent competitive tender or auction process.
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Centre and Central Vigilance Commission on a plea challenging award of contracts to Common Service Centres e-Governance Services Ltd (CSC) for installing wifi access points in villages across the country under the BharatNet project without following the tender process.