We, the people of India, are not very exacting. By temperament and tradition, we do not expect much of our rulers and are quite happy to be left alone. Centuries of feudalism and exctractive foreign rule have instilled in us a high level of tolerance for high-handedness on the part of the ruling class. Nevertheless, we do expect our rulers to discharge the sovereign functions of defence of the country, administration of justice, maintenance of law and order, disaster management and relief. Si... Read More

We, the people of India, are not very exacting. By temperament and tradition, we do not expect much of our rulers and are quite happy to be left alone. Centuries of feudalism and exctractive foreign rule have instilled in us a high level of tolerance for high-handedness on the part of the ruling class. Nevertheless, we do expect our rulers to discharge the sovereign functions of defence of the country, administration of justice, maintenance of law and order, disaster management and relief. Si... Read More

5th January 2013   The pandemic of Paid News is eating into the vitals of our democratic polity by compromising the purity of the elections and destroying the credibility of the print/electronic media. Since there is no express provision in the Representation of the People Act that makes this practice culpable, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ingeniously invoked the provisions of Section 10A ,read with Sub section (1) of Section 77 of the said Act to disqualify Umlesh Yadav... Read More

The coal mining industry in India was nationalized in two phases during the period 1971-73. The quasi-totality of the production is at present accounted for by Coal India Limited, a public sector behemoth, and the Singareni Collieries Limited, another public sector entity. The nationalization of coal was premised on the urgency of strategic investments in modernization and upgradation of the industry and the need to curb the rampant malpractices of private operators driven by the profit motive. ... Read More

Common Cause has been exercised over the unchecked fraudulent operations of the so-called direct selling and network/multi-level marketing companies, which entrap millions of unwary members of the public by holding out prospects of quick enrichment. Once enrolled as distributors/business associates, they are incentivized to prey on unsuspecting relatives and social acquaintances to extend the `downline', which sustains the cash flow to the top of the pyramid.  Evidently, the underlyi... Read More

While we make a conscious effort to update our website on a regular basis and keep it posted with reports of all our activities and the latest developments in our various initiatives, the readers of our quarterly journal do not get the benefit of this overview because of the periodicity of the publication and the constraints of space. We have, therefore, decided that starting with this issue, we shall give our esteemed readers a brief account of the activities of Common Cause and the significant... Read More

Under the Rules & Regulations of COMMON CAUSE as amended by the Governing Council on March 8, 2007, The membership of the Society is open to individuals irrespective of caste, creed or community. Organisations, which were members of the Society as on March 8, 2007, shall henceforth be Honorary members without voting rights. The membership fee for new Individual members (with voting rights) is Rs.500/- for one year and Rs.2,500/- for life. New Ass... Read More