CCG OPEN LETTER TO UNION MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS & CLIMATE CHANGE ON GREEN CREDITS

19 March 2024 To Union Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change Government of India Hon’ble Minister, The assault on India’s forests seems continual and unrelenting! The recently passed Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 which allows diversion of forests for defence/security infrastructure, feeder roads for road and rail-side establishments, surveys for coal, diamonds, etc. without …

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CCG Open Statement – Growing influence of religion in state and society

8 February 2024 As a group of former civil servants deeply committed to the Constitution of India and its morality, we issue this open statement to express our deep disquiet about the manner in which the Indian state was closely associated with the consecration ceremony of the Shri Ram Temple in Ayodhya on 22 January …

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CCG OPEN LETTER – DEMAND FOR ACTION ON HATE SPEECH BY LOK SABHA MP PRAGYA THAKUR

7 January 2023 We are a group of former officers of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in the course of our careers. As members of the Constitutional Conduct Group, we believe in impartiality, neutrality and commitment to the Indian Constitution and in safeguarding its values. …

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CCG OPEN STATEMENT LINKING VOTER ID & AADHAAR – A DANGEROUS MOVE

29 December 2021  We are a group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in the course of our careers. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but believe in impartiality, neutrality and commitment to the Constitution of …

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OPEN STATEMENT – GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021

9 April 2021             We are a group of former civil servants of the All India Services and Central Services who have worked for decades with the Central and State Governments. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but are committed to the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution of …

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CCG OPEN LETTER TO THE CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH: WITHDRAWAL OF ORDINANCE ON INTERFAITH MARRIAGE

29 December 2020 Mananiya Mukhya Mantriji,             It is with deep disapproval and concern that we, a group of former civil servants, seek to address your government on a matter of overriding importance for the continued unity of our nation. We should like to clarify at the start that we, as a group, have no …

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CCG Open Letter regarding the farmers’ agitation

11 December 2020 We are a group of former civil servants belonging to the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central Government as well as different State Governments of India. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but believe in being neutral, impartial and committed to the …

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CCG Statement on simultaneous elections to Parliament and State Assemblies

08 December 2020 The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) is a group of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services and is non-partisan and apolitical in nature. Many of its members have conducted, managed and supervised elections to Parliament and State Assemblies during their time in government service. We have noted Prime Minister …

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LETTER SEEKING ACTION AGAINST SUDARSHAN TV FOR ITS MALICIOUS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE HATRED AND DIVISIVENESS IN SOCIETY

1 September 2020 Honourable Home Minister of India Honourable Minister for Information & Broadcasting, India Chairman, National Human Rights Commission Chairman, Minorities Commission Chairman, Union Public Service Commission Chairman, News Broadcasting Standards Authority Honourable Lt Governor, Delhi Honourable Chief Minister, Delhi Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, …

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An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook

24 August,2020 Dear Mr Zuckerberg, We are a group of former civil servants of India belonging to the All India and Central Services, who have worked, in the course of our careers, with the Central Government as well as different State Governments of India. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party …

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