M Padmanabha

Forum for Good Governance (FGG) alleged that food adulteration was rampant and went unchecked in Hyderabad. Despite the Food Safety and Standard Act, the implementing machinery had failed to check adulteration of food, it said.

The General Secretary of the Hyderabad Forum for Good Governance, Mr. Padmanabha Reddy, has said that 10% of the state budget should be allocated to the education sector, and that one of the neglected sectors is the health sector. He also said that the government has spent close to Rs. 2 lakh crore on the irrigation sector at the expense of the health and education sectors, and that irrigation projects should be given a holiday except where completion of the project is absolutely necessary.

Eight months after police declared that they have seized 6.6 crore on the suspicion of bribe during Munugode by-election, investigators have found that nearly 1 crore cash was not related to the election.

The Forum for Good Governance on Tuesday moved the High Court urging it to declare the recent decision of the government postponing the elections to the civic bodies in the state as "unconstitutional".

Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has alleged that adulterated toddy is being sold in Hyderabad despite no palm trees in a 50-km radius of the city. FGG has asked the Telangana government to ban sale of toddy in the city.

The Forum for Good Governance on Thursday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India asking it to probe large-scale irregularities in the recently held Munugode byelections. FGG alleged that 627 crore were spent in the November 3 bypoll.

The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has urged the government punish those officials and contractors of the commercial tax department who were allegedly behind the Rs 500 crore valueadded-tax (VAT) scam. The organisation said that even eight years since the scam broke out and vigilance & enforcement officials had confirmed irregularities, no action had been taken.

With the term of GHMC standing committee coming to an end within 60 days, corporators have planned to gift themselves a piece of luxury. However, the procurement plan has been put on hold for now.

Vigilance and enforcement (V&E) department has submitted around 660 vigilance reports about irregularities, mostly in municipal administration, revenue and panchayat raj departments since formation of Telangana in 2014. In majority of cases, action taken reports have not been submitted by departments concerned.

The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) alleged that organising political camps for MLC elections with voters are an electoral offence.

The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has written to governor Tamilisai Soundararajan seeking her intervention in the appointment of an environmentalist to the post of chairpersons of the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) and for filling up the vacant posts of engineers and scientists in the board.

NGO Forum For Good Governance (FGG) has written a letter to governor Tamilisai Soundararajan seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged nexus between slain gangster Nayeemuddin and policemen and politicians. They also expressed no confidence in the probe being done by the state-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).