-Business Standard In the manufacturing sector, 89,000 jobs were created as compared to job loss of 87,000 in the previous quARTer and job creation of 24,000 in the same period last year Job creation in the organised sector rose two-fold to 136,000 in July-September 2017 compared to the previous quARTer, largely driven by an uptick in the manufacturing sector, latest official estimates showed. In comparison, job creation stood at 64,000 in April-June 2017...
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RBI didn't do audit: Central Vigilance Commissioner KV Chowdary on PNB fraud
-PTI NEW DELHI: Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank of India had apparently not conducted an audit during the period of time when a Rs 13,000-crore scam hit the Punjab National Bank. Chowdary stressed the need to put into place a more robust auditing system. "They did not do this (an audit)," the head of the probity watchdog said. The CVC exercises superintendence over the CBI which...
More »SC/ ST Act: Same Supreme Court bench gave misuse argument for dowry law -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express The Supreme Court bench of U U Lalit and A K Goyal, which laid down stringent safeguards before registering a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Tuesday, took a similar line on the anti-dowry law last July. IT’S A tale of two laws and the same two-judge bench. The Supreme Court bench of U U Lalit and A K Goyal, which laid down stringent safeguards before...
More »In name of fake news, Government frames rules to blacklist journalists
-Livemint.com While I&B Minister Smriti Irani said that both these bodies were not “regulated/operated” by the government, her Ministry’s statement was the one that defined the punishment and left both the definition of fake news and the nature of the complaint open-ended. In an unprecedented move in an election year, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has amended guidelines for journalists’ accreditation stating that if a journalist is found to have “created and/or...
More »Ease of Doing business: W Bengal moves from laggard to leader among peers -Subhayan Chakraborty
-Business Standard State set to grab pole position in 3rd edition of rankings, which are likely to be out early April, Delhi expected to score low The third edition of the government's annual Ease of Doing Business ranking for states, modeled on the international one conducted by the World Bank, may see West Bengal jumping 15 places to top the list along with Chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Data collected till Wednesday on an...
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