-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Gujarat government is taking measures to meet rural challenges, chief secretary JN Singh told ET on Friday. The government was focused on improving implementation of schemes related to irrigation, minimum support price and crop insurance for farmers. Gujarat saw a tough fight in the recently-concluded assembly polls, with BJP winning only 7 seats more than what was needed for an absolute majority. BJP lost 13...
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Private school fee regulation law constitutionally valid: HC
-PTI AHMEDABAD: In a Relief to parents of children studying in private schools, the Gujarat High Court today said the state government's law to regulate fees was constitutionally valid. Rejecting around 40 petitions opposing it, a division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi upheld the Gujarat Self Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2017. The court ruled that state legislature is competent and has the authority to...
More »Consumer plaint disposal drops as case flow surges -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The disposal of cases filed in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), the country's apex consumer commission, is at its lowest in four years while the number of cases has hit an all-time high. According to details available on the central online database of consumer forums (CONFONET), the number of cases disposed of by the NCDRC was 5,812 till Tuesday, against 10,678 cases filed and...
More »Syringe prices may fall by half or more in January 2018 -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The All India Syringes and Needles Manufacturers Association has issued a circular to its members to print the maximum retail price (MRP) on the basis of a maximum of 75% margin from December 24, which is observed as Consumer Day, and to implement this latest by January 26 next year. It also wrote to all foreign manufacturers of syringes, urging them to join the effort to...
More »Crop insurance footprints increased but delayed claim payouts left farmers in crisis -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: New Delhi: New crop insurance scheme, launched in Kharif (summer-sown) season of 2016, has increased its footprints across the country with more area being covered in 2016-17 as compared to 2015-16 and 2014-15, but it has miles to go before it can actually bring Relief to farmers due to current delay in claim disbursement. The claim settlement is not as fast as it was expected during...
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