-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Be prepared for a hot spring and a scorching summer. The Met office says average temperatures from March to May across half the country are likely to be above normal by more than 1 degree Celsius. These months are expected to be particularly merciless in north India. Delhi, along with Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, is likely to see average temperatures soar over 1.5 degrees above normal....

-PTI The case pertains to Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) who had sought to know details of bills, invoices and other records related to abroad visits of Prime Minister between Financial Years 2013-14 and 2016-17. The Central Information Commission has directed the external affairs ministry to disclose records related to the expenses INCurred on chartering Air India aircraft for abroad visits of the prime minister from 2013 to 2017. Chief Information Commissioner R...

-TheWire.in Three related pleas before the Central Information Commission throw up numerous facts on demonetisation, INCluding how Ambedkar’s photo was proposed to be printed on new notes. New Delhi: With the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) being reticent about the events around demonetisation that was announced late on November 8, 2016 and refusing to part with information about it in response to a query filed under the Right to Information Act, the Central...

-Livemint.com Linking MSPs to a multiple of costs and ignoring other dynamics, such as demand and global prices, risks creating distortions and disINCentivizing productivity Government policymaking seems to be making a volte-face from supporting consumers (by keeping food inflation low), to supporting producers (by raising food prices). In the 2018-19 Union budget, the government “decided to keep minimum support prices (MSP) for all unannounced crops of kharif at least at one-and-a-half times of...

-The Hindu Rather than just INCreased budgetary outlays, farmers need plans that will rescue them from crop failure Similar to the last two Budgets, this year’s pro-agriculture intentions are palpable through INCreased outlays to the agricultural sector and initiation of various programmes. They seem impressive, but closer scrutiny shows that the measures may be of little help to stem the tide of agrarian distress. There are some real challenges confronting three...