-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) made the highest cash deposit among political parties during 50 days of demonetisation, reveals data analysis by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Income Tax department (I-T). The top 15 national and regional political parties deposited Rs 167 crore during demonetisation, data accessed by HT has revealed. Besides Rs 104 crore cash deposit by the BSP, other 14 parties have put Rs...
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Lok Adalat settles 3cr cases
-The Telegraph New Delhi: National Lok Adalat camps today settled "out of court" nearly three crore cases across the country involving a financial liability of Rs 383 crore. Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar inaugurated the programme in Delhi, organised by the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa). It was also attended by Justice Dipak Misra, the Supreme Court's second senior most judge. The programme, held mostly once a year, is aimed at reducing...
More »DeMo dole in Bengal -Devadeep Purohit
-The Telegraph Calcutta: The Bengal budget has proposed a grant of Rs 50,000 each to 50,000 migrant workers who were forced to return from other states because of demonetisation. By announcing the first such scheme in the country, the Mamata Banerjee government has beaten to the draw the Narendra Modi dispensation. Speculation had swirled around the Modi government that it might share the "gains of demonetisation" with the people through direct deposits...
More »Where are we, three months after Modi's demonetisation move? -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Windfall gains and remonetisation claims are still uncertain, but the Indian economy has suffered a short-term pain for sure On 8 November, 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs1,000 notes, which constituted 86% of the currency in circulation. Exactly three months later, where does the Indian economy stand today? In an interview to Mint after the Union budget, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das claimed that...
More »A first-of-a-kind campaign in Pune creates awareness about sanitary waste segregation -Richa Agarwal
-Down to Earth The Red Dot Campaign by SWaCH cooperative is sensitising people about the importance of proper handling and disposal of sanitary waste SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling), a Pune-based wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste workers, in collaboration with the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) and Rotary Pune, launched a ‘Red Dot campaign’ to help waste pickers avert health hazards due to mishandled sanitary waste. The campaign is the...
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