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Threat to sovereignty

How long will it take to bring a regional economy to the level of the so-called wealthy state in the country? How much funding is needed to jump start the economy? How to procure these funds, and from where? The Central Government cannot double or treble the funding to help you realise the dream within a short time and you may start inviting funds from outside the country. Telangana region might then become the backyard and property of multinational conglomerates with the Central Government remaining a mute spectator. One wonders whether India is losing its sovereignty.

D.S. Rao

Visakhapatnam

Making a mockery of RTI Act

Like any other novel scheme of the government, the revolutionary Right to Information (RTI) Act is going to suffer a decent burial by the bureaucrats. The government departments have failed to adhere to the obligation of voluntary disclosure of certain information even after two-and-a-half years of its enactment. Section 4 (1) (b), the heart and soul of RTI Act, 2005, has not so far been implemented by the departments, public authorities, such as boards, corporations, rural and local bodies.

This apart, when an applicant seeks certain information, the matter remains unreplied for months together and if somebody insists, only partial information is supplied. And above all, the Information Commissioner has not been invested with the power to award any corporal punishment to defaulting bureaucrats.

K.C. Mohanti

Visakhapatnam

Printed postcard

At present, printed post cards attract Rs.6 as against the normal postage of 25 paise.

The difference is with a view to preventing misuse by commercial establishments. It is customary to send intimations regarding death and death-related ceremonies by black-bordered white printed post cards and the government may consider exempting such cases from paying Rs.6.

N.G. Krishnan

Visakhapatnam

Unethical trend

The dismissal of bigamy case filed by legally wedded wife of film actor Pavan Kalyan by a Vizag court raises a very disturbing question.

The actor admitted he was living with another woman and had a son through her in what has come to be known as “living together,” a sugar coated term for blatant sexual liaison outside wedlock.

What sort of legal system is this which damns bigamy as illegal but turns a blind eye on the unethical practice of “living together?” Would it not encourage unethical persons to hoodwink bigamy laws?

T.S. Rao

Visakhapatnam

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