-Business Standard WPI inflation for APRIl is at 3.9%, which is 144 (bps) lower than the March inflation rate The Ministry of Commerce and Industry unveiled the revised wholesale PRIce index (WPI) on May 12, 2017 as per the 2011-12 base year. As per this release, WPI inflation for APRIl is at 3.9%, which is 144 basis points (bps) lower than the March inflation rate. The decline is mainly due to a...
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Haryana districts inflating girl child stats, finds audit -Chetna Choudhry
-The Times of India GURUGRAM: Last year, Haryana's sex ratio (the number of girls per 1,000 boys) touched 900. In the first quarter of this year, it galloped to 935. The number for March 2017 was still higher, 950. To put these numbers in perspective, the national sex ratio for children in the 2011 Census was 919. In Haryana, the number stood at 834. There is now suspicion that the remarkable surge...
More »Now, each block to get generic med store -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government announced on Friday that 'Janaushadhi' stores will be opened in every block to make low-PRIced generic medicines available across the country. The scheme is expected to create a "silent revolution" in achieving health security by providing affordable and quality medicines for all. Union minister for chemicals & fertilizers Ananth Kumar said the government plans to open such stores so that doctors and pharmacists cannot push...
More »Look at the facts of demonetisation, not politics -Kaushik Basu
-The Indian Express Six months later, it is clear that it achieved next to nothing, and inflicted a large cost on the poor and the informal sector. It was six months ago, on November 8, that India hit the headlines the world over, with its sudden demonetisation. It was announced in the evening that, at the stroke of the midnight hour, all bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would cease...
More »Aadhaar linkage creating hurdles for tribals -Sumit Bhattacharjee
-The Hindu Scope for the middlemen has increased, says IIT professor Reetika Khera In Bandaveedhi village in Paderu in Visakhapatnam agency, 400 residents had gone without the basic food items from the public distribution system (PDS) in APRIl, as the officer concerned had a marriage at home and had no time to switch on the biometric machine that would record the finger PRInts of the beneficiaries. In Kasimkota, Padma, 70, was sent...
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