-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Amid protests over a sharp hike in fares and criticism of Political Parties, the government on Saturday strongly defended the increase in passenger fares, including for short-distance travel, arguing the revision was long overdue as the last hike took place around 11 years ago and a heavy subsidy burden was "unsustainable" in the wake of soaring costs. While passengers travelling by sub-urban and short-haul trains account...
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Cheap LPG set for Rs. 10 monthly hike after budget -Anupama Airy
-The Hindustan Times The government\'s first budget is likely to signal the new administration\'s intention of reforming India\'s fuel pricing regime with monthly hikes of Rs. 10 per cylinder of cooking gas (LPG). Each household will, however, continue to be entitled to 12 subsidised cylinders a year. Currently, a subsidised LPG cylinder costs Rs. 414 in Delhi while the market price - which consumers pay for any demand beyond the quota -...
More »Sardar Sarovar: Gujarat’s battle on height won, but war on canals ahead -Virendra Pandit
-The Hindu Business Line State has to build 52,340 km-long canal network if the Narmada's waters are to reach Gujarat farmers AHMEDABAD, JUNE 13: Gujarat Government may have won the eight-year-long battle to install 30 sluice gates at Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada, thereby increasing its height by 17 metres to 138.68 m, but its real challenge may have just begun. The Sardar Sarovar project has been unique as it has...
More »Bengal’s Muslims worse off: study-Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Report establishes the nature of socio-economic disparities Kolkata: A report on the status of Muslims in West Bengal released on Saturday gives startling information on the socio-economic status of the community. The report suggests that only 17 per cent of Muslims in the State live in urban settlements as against the national average of 28 per cent. The report underscores the fact that the condition of Muslims has not improved much...
More »Strengthening India’s rule of law-Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav
-Live Mint Despite its importance, reform of India's legal institutions has been seen as a ‘second order' issue India is a young nation long ruled by old laws-its police, for example, are governed by such colonial-era statutes as the Police Act of 1861, which predates independence by nearly a century. And its expanding economy requires forward-looking regulatory mechanisms to foster markets while curbing crony capitalism. India is also a nation that must...
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