-The Hindu Over 17,260 persons in Uttar Pradesh get relief of just Rs. 1,000 or less Over 17,260 farmers in Uttar Pradesh have received loan waiver certificates for only Rs. 1,000 or less under a scheme in which the BJP government had promised to waive farm loans of up to Rs. 1 lakh. Of the 17,262 farmers, 4,814 got loan waivers of amounts between Rs. 1 and Rs. 100, while 6,895 received...
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Revisiting demonestisation: 'If the notes have come back, why not the lost jobs?' -Abhishek Dey
-Scroll.in In Delhi’s largest industrial area, many are still struggling to find work. “If 99% of the demonetised currency has returned [to the banking system], then why haven’t the jobs that demonetisation took away from us come back too?” asked Bajrang Yadav, 45, standing in a waterlogged lane outside his home in a slum cluster in West Delhi’s Mayapuri area last Sunday. Yadav was referring to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report...
More »Printing presses to RBI: Pay us Rs 577 cr for note-ban loss -Ritu Sarin
-The Indian Express The Rs 577-crore bill is largely on account of huge consignments of imported/indigenous currency note paper used for Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations as well as consignments which had been previously ordered or were in the process of being shipped to India. New Delhi: The government’s currency paper printing presses have asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for compensation or reimbursement to the tune of Rs 577...
More »Centre's emphasis on oilseed production may lower dependence on edible oil imports
-The Hindu Business Line Share of imports to reduce to 55% by FY22, says ICRA Ahmedabad: The Centre’s push for oilseeds production can potentially bring down India’s dependence on imports for edible oil. The share of imports in overall edible oil consumption may decline from 60 per cent at present to about 55 per cent by FY22, according to rating agency ICRA. The Centre’s National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) — to...
More »Downturn in India's growth 'very worrying': Kaushik Basu
-PTI Washington: Basu said from 2003 to 2011, India was growing typically over 8 per cent per annum. The year of global crisis, 2008, it dropped briefly to 6.8 per cent, but over 8 per cent growth had become the new norm for India. The downturn in India’s growth is “very worrying”, World Bank’s former chief economist Kaushik Basu said, underscoring that this is the “hefty price” the country had to pay...
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