-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Worried over the rising prices of vegetables, particularly onion, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday assured that the prices will come down by Rs 3-4 per kg on Thursday. Dikshit said Delhi is not an onion producing state, yet the vegetable is being sold for Rs 60 per kg at Safal outlets, whereas across the country the average price is Rs 83 per kg. "Delhi has...
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500 cr, 120 cr, 100 cr penalty... Govt moves against 33 pvt hospitals -Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express New Delhi: At least 33 private hospitals in Delhi have been sent letters for recovery of retrospective penalty - from the time land was allotted to them - for not meeting norms related to free treatment of the economically weaker section and for amassing "unwarranted profits". The letters have been sent by the Delhi Government which hopes to recover more than Rs 1,500 crore in penalty from these hospitals....
More »Onion crisis to last 2-3 weeks: Pawar -Vishwa Mohan & Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre on Wednesday stepped in to import onion from China and Pakistan in a bid to cool down prices of the staple, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar warned that the crisis may continue for another two to three weeks. "Next two to three weeks will be tough. Ultimately, we have to find a solution. We have to import as early as possible," Pawar...
More »Teen maid’s kin to get Rs 1 lakh-Sumi Sukanya
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the family of a tribal maidservant from Jharkhand, whose body was found hanging at her employer's Kaushambi home in Ghaziabad this June. The commission issued this directive after a detailed hearing of the case in which senior officials of Jharkhand state anti-trafficking unit and UP...
More »A pound of flesh to feed the poor-Arun Mohan Sukumar
-The Hindu Realising that New Delhi needs to clear its food security legislation at the WTO in time for the election, the West has sought increased market access in return for temporary relief A few months ago, the most optimistic observers of international politics were not willing to hedge their bets on the Doha Development Round at the World Trade Organisation. The Doha Round negotiations have been stalled for more than a...
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