-TheWire.in In 2015, BJP leader and finance minister Arun Jaitley urged states to pass their own laws related to land acquisition. New Delhi: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh has written to the President Ramnath Kovind arguing against the dilution of the Central land acquisition law by state laws. The former rural development minister has argued that states have used ARTicle 254 (2) ‘indiscriminately’ to frame state land acquisition laws...
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Two years after demonetisation: A look at what has happened so far
-The Indian Express Two years after demonetisation came into effect on November 8, 2016, the BJP-led government continues to defend the move meant to "wipe out illegal money" while the Opposition terms the step as "ill-advised" and "Tughlaqi". Two years after demonetisation came into effect on November 8, 2016, the BJP-led government continues to defend the move meant to “wipe out illegal money” even as the Opposition terms the step as “ill-advised”...
More »Day after Diwali, Delhi's air turns 'hazardous'
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality nosedived towards the 'hazardous' category on next morning of Diwali as people violated Supreme Court order and burst firecrackers before and after the 8pm to 10pm time frame in many areas, the authorities said. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) PM 2.5 was recorded 805 at 6am today in the national capital. Several areas in the city recorded AQI over 900, Anand Vihar at...
More »Study finds unemployment rate at 6.9%, a 2-year high -Rajesh Chandramouli
-The Times of India CHENNAI: Unemployment rate in the country rose to 6.9% in October, the highest in two years, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. Worse still, the labour pARTicipation rate – a measure of the proportion of adults willing to work – fell to 42.4%, the lowest since January 2016, CMIE said. “Labour pARTicipation rate fell sharply after demonetization”, from around 47-48%, “and it has still not recovered,”...
More »Poverty in all its faces -C Rangarajan & S Mahendra Dev
-The Indian Express Growth can alleviate poverty but its definition needs to expand to make any tangible difference on the ground. Amidst the din caused by the story of rising billionaires, the message on India’s poverty decline in the recent report of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative has been lost. UNDP and Oxford University released the report on Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018. This report covers 105 countries. The...
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