-Scroll.in The Swaraj India leader says the economy needs a big boost in the rural areas and for small scale manufacturers. In July, Yogendra Yadav, the national president of the Swaraj India party, embarked on a nationwide movement accompanied by activists and hundreds of farmers. Under the banner of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Co-ordination Committee, a coalition of more than 150 farmer unions across the country, the yatra was planned...
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SC opens a window to itself, starts to disclose appointment decisions -Ananthakrishnan G
-The Indian Express Five most senior judges, led by Chief Justice, decide to go public with Collegium decisions and reasons for each In a landmark move aimed at ensuring transparency in the appointment of judges at a time when this process is at the centre of a row with the government over the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the Supreme Court Friday began uploading on its website the decisions of its Collegium on...
More »Digital transactions rose 13.5% to Rs.124.69 tn in September: RBI -Komal Gupta
-Livemint.com Digital transactions rose 13.5%—from Rs109.82 trillion in August to Rs124.69 trillion in September, the second highest for a month since the demonetisation exercise New Delhi: Digital transactions in September rose to the second highest monthly level by value since the government’s demonetisation exercise in November. Transactions through digital means rose 13.5% to Rs124.69 trillion in September from Rs109.82 trillion in August, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the Reserve Bank...
More »The Curious Case of the World Bank and Aadhaar Savings -Anand Venkatanarayanan
-TheWire.in The World Bank’s estimate that Aadhaar has the potential to save $11 billion in subsidies every year has repeatedly been used by the Centre to justify the programme. But does this figure hold up under close scrutiny? Evidence-based policy-making usually proceeds by outlining the problem at hand, discussing various solutions, conducting studies to understand the effectiveness of these solutions and then prescribing a course of action based on accumulated evidence. It’s safe...
More »More schemes under DBT now, but transaction values sluggish -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Beneficiaries under DBT rise by only 2 crore, value of transactions by Rs. 443 crore New Delhi: The ambitious direct benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme now covers more than 300 Central schemes, but despite the significant increase in its scope, the number of government beneficiaries and the value of transactions seem to be plateauing. Between August this year and the last, the number of DBT beneficiaries increased by only 2...
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