Current Affairs Daily Updates - 8th March 2013

National Events

• The Right of the Citizens for Time bound Delivery of Goods and Services Bill, 2011 gets cabinet approval. It’s intended to promote transparency and accountability of government to its citizens. It also provides for grievancereddressal mechanism and intend to impose fines upon the officials who failed to deliver quality services in time, ranging from Rs.250 to Rs.50,000.
• Lawyers protest continued even for the second day demanding passage of Lawyers welfare bill, allowance of Rs.2000 , houses at subsidised costs and many other. Protest turned violent as police crackdown on them.