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13 miners trapped in Meghalaya coal pit -Manosh Das

-The Times of India SHILLONG: Thirteen miners were trapped inside a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, bringing into focus again the continuance of illegal and UNSCientific mining in Meghalaya despite a ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal in 2014. The miners had reportedly gone down a coal pit at Lumthari in the coal belt of East Jaintia Hills. The pit was full of water and upon...

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Prakash Singh, former IPS officer, interviewed by The Times of India

-The Times of India Blog Prakash Singh, former IPS officer who also headed the Border Security Force, dealt with naxalism in its early stages. He continues to research the movement. In a conversation with Sugandha Indulkar, he shares his idea of urban naxalism. * What is urban naxalism? Urban naxalism, in simplest terms, implies naxalism as practised in urban areas by different shades of intellectuals – lawyers, journalists, writers, doctors, professors or people...

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Who is Agnes Kharshiing? -Rahul Karmakar

-The Hindu On November 8, Meghalaya’s Agnes Kharshiing and her associate Amita Sangma became the latest among 18 Right to Information activists in the northeastern region to have been either killed or assaulted or harassed. They were — as the police said — assaulted by a group of criminals at Tuber Sohshrieh in the coal- and limestone-rich East Jaintia Hills district. The spot where they were waylaid is not far from...

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How to save Kisan Credit Cards from becoming an easy tool for money laundering -Sanganagouda Dhawalgi

-Financial Express Recently, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan cautioned the government that Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) can be a potential credit risk for the economy. Recently, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan cautioned the government that Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) can be a potential credit risk for the economy. Rajan’s caution be that as it may, one thing is certain that today KCC has become a tool in the hands of several...

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No small change this -TV Jayan

-The Hindu Business Line Roy tracks how microfinance, despite its blemishes, has empowered the unbanked in the country For the poor in rural India, till not very long ago, credit meant the UNSCrupulous mahajans who roamed the villages with wads of cash. Dime a dozen Bollywood movies had depicted the wily moneylender who not just ripped off the hapless creditors, but who was also cruel enough to grab their movable and immovable...

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