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Wal-Mart row: Government ready for probe, Kamal Nath says

-The Times of India The government has said that it is ready to probe the Wal-Mart lobbying report. The government is also concerned about the disclosure and is open to an inquiry to know the truth, parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath told reporters outside Parliament on Tuesday. The BJP wants a time-bound judicial probe into the isues Earlier, the row resonated once again in the Parliament on Tuesday leading to adjournment of both the...

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FDI in retail: To empower dalits, do away with India’s antiquated retail trading system-Chandra Bhan Prasad and Milind Kamble

-The Economic Times A couple of months ago, the UPA government cleared Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. It is a politically risky step. But for once, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh showed both spine and spunk biting the bullet. Since then, both Left parties and the BJP have expressed serious reservations over the decision. The general view is that it will affect the lakhs of small, indigenous kirana stores spread across...

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FDI in retail: Government agrees to a vote; Kamal Nath to meet Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj today -Mala Das

-NDTV Officially, the UPA says it will abide by the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision on whether or not a discussion in the House on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail will be followed by a vote. It seems, however, to be preparing for that vote and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath will meet the BJP's Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley today to discuss modalities. The Manmohan Singh government had so far...

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Muslims need quota more than Hindu OBCs: IIM-A study -Anubhuti Vishnoi

-The Indian Express An IIM-Ahmedabad analysis of education and employment amongst Muslims in the country has concluded that the minority community has a higher perception of “unfairness” and “discrimination” and that Muslims have, in fact, a stronger case for reservations than the Hindu OBCs. Incidentally, a Central government notification in December 2011 to effect 4.5 per cent minority quota in Central educational institutes was stayed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court earlier...

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High-scoring students in Tamil Nadu get help from Supreme Court-A Vaidyanathan and Sabyasachi Dasgupta

-NDTV The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of general category students in Tamil Nadu and asked the state to create additional seats in educational institutions, particularly those in medicine. This notice will immediately benefit 24 medical and engineering students with 99 per cent marks, who couldn't get admission anywhere in the state due to the 69 per cent quota. The number of students who could eventually benefit could be much...

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