-The Hindu Corruption in LPG distribution had increased the most, while police was the agency most likely to require a bribe. Nearly half of delhi’s respondents in a survey on corruption said it had decreased in the State government, but a third of households reported having had to pay a bribe in the last 12 months. Respondents felt that corruption in the distribution of LPG had increased the most, while the police...

-The Times of India PATNA: After beef and quota controversies, the issue of escalating pulse prices has taken centre stage in campaigning for the Bihar assembly election. While Union ministers Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh have offered to bring down pulse prices by 50% within two days after NDA comes to power in the state, the Nitish Kumar government says the Centre is not serious about bringing down the prices...

-Livemint.com As long as farmers with access to irrigated land aren’t interested in growing pulses, supply and price shocks will keep haunting consumers and governments New delhi: The centre’s efforts to contain prices of pulses during the festive season is showing few results on the ground. On Monday, retail prices of tur dal (arhar or pigeon pea) climbed to Rs.205 per kg in Mysore in Karnataka and Rs.210 per kg in Puducherry,...

-The Times of India NEW delhi: The government on Monday decided to import another 3,000 tonnes of pulses — 2,000 tonnes of arhar and 1,000 tonnes of urad — as retail price of arhar crossed Rs 200 per kg in two southern cities, Mysuru and Puducherry. The daily prices of essential commodities across cities compiled by the consumer affairs department showed arhar selling at Rs 205 per kg in Mysuru and at...

-Reuters NEW delhi: Government's main program to fight child malnutrition has been hit by budget cuts that make it difficult to pay wages of millions of health workers, cabinet minister Maneka Gandhi said on Monday in a rare public criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies. The government in February slashed social sector budgets to boost infrastructure spending in a bid to fasten the pace of economic recovery. States were asked to...