-NDTV The debate on the merits and demerits of the National Food Security Bill went on for months. But most of it seems disconnected to the reality on the ground to the churning lakhs of low income families are experiencing as they register for the new scheme. There is anxiety and desperation to get subsidised foodgrain. In the office of the Food and Supply Officer in Delhi's north east district, many have...
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India to seek photocopy right for students -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: India will seek changes to international copyright regulations so that students and researchers can procure photocopies of expensive books without having to pay royalties, a senior government source said. Come December, he said, the Union human resource development ministry will ask the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) to relax its norms that protect authors' and publishers' commercial rights over their books. The ministry will suggest at the next general...
More »Juveniles involved in murder, rape may be tried as adults -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After doggedly turning down arguments for having a graded response to crimes by juveniles, depending on the gravity of their crime and the juvenile's age, the government is finally coming around to the view the juveniles above 16 years involved in heinous crimes, like murder or gang rape, should be tried as adults under the Indian Penal Code. The change in the outlook of the women...
More »Microfinance and the Challenge of Financial Inclusion for development-Jayati Ghosh
-Macroscan.com The author reviews the effectiveness of microfinance in developing countries by studying the experience of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Please click here to access the entire article This article was originally published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics 2013, 1 of 17. ...
More »PFRDA Bill gets President assent
-PTI President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave his assent to the Pension Bill, which provides for investment of funds in equity market and opens the sector to up to 26 per cent FDI. The long-pending Pension Fund Regulatory and development Authority (PFRDA) Bill was passed by Parliament on September 6. "The PFRDA Bill, 2013 has received the assent of the President of India," an official statement said. The legislation provides subscribers a wide choice...
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