-PTI Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked states to ensure that all enrolments, even those by private agencies, shift to government or municipal premises by September this year New Delhi: Aadhaar-issuing authority Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked states to ensure that all enrolments, even those by private agencies, shift to government or municipal premises from external sites by September this year. The move will have a bearing on 25,000 active enrolment...
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GST adding to economic growth is rubbish, says NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy -Jatin Gandhi
-Hindustan Times With petroleum, electricity, alcohol and other products kept out of the purview of GST, the gains to GDP will not accrue in the same proportion as projected, he says. Claims that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will boost the country’s economic growth by 1.5 percentage points are “rubbish”, NITI Aayog member and economist Bibek Debroy said, hours before its roll out on midnight Friday. Debroy’s remarks contrast with finance minister...
More »Farmers, agriculture input dealers oppose GST on fertilizers and pesticides -Neel Kamal
-The Times of India BATHINDA: Fertilizer and pesticide dealers of Mansa and Barnala districts pulled down the shutters on Tuesday to protest against the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1. Moreover, seven farmer outfits have also convened a joint meeting on June 30 to decide a course of action in the wake of the new taxation policy. With the GST coming into force, fertilizers, which are currently exempt...
More »How farmers in 3 Marathwada villages created an oasis in the suicide-prone region
-IANS Dubbed the Kadwanchi model, the watershed project has given farmers year-round access to water. Jalna: When massive crop failure and farmers’ suicide afflicted the Marathwada region in Maharashtra during the 2012-16 drought, farmers in three villages of Jalna district were not much concerned about the lack of rainfall. A watershed project had obviated their need to look at the heavens every season. Enough water was available in the 1,888 hectares area comprising...
More »Notebandi to bazarbandi - India's cattle farmers stare at ruin -Dhrubo Jyoti
-Hindustan Times First came demonetisation. Then, as banknotes slowly returned to circulation, a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in the state wrecked the local market for cattle. In Ilyas Khan’s eyes shine the pride of a grand past that give way to the clouds of an uncertain future. Two decades ago, the Thursday cattle market he runs in western Uttar Pradesh’s Banat saw traders troop in from faraway Delhi and Bihar. Today, the...
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