-The Hindu Business Line Farmers in election-bound States have stopped repaying in anticipation of write-offs Hyderabad: The increasing demand for farm-loan waivers and slippages in existing loan repayments by farmers in anticipation of write-offs are giving banks a nightmare. Apart from drawing the attention of policy makers and political pundits, last week’s mega farmers’ rally in the national capital has also created tremors among bankers. “The expectation of agricultural loan waivers next year when...
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In Modi govt, just 4% of IAS officers are from Gujarat cadre, but they hold the key posts -Sanya Dhingra
-ThePrint.in Of the 18 Gujarat IAS officers in the Central government, 4 serve in the PMO, 4 in the finance ministry and 2 in the home ministry. New Delhi: Ever since Narendra Modi led the BJP to victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and moved from being Gujarat chief minister to India’s prime minister, there has been much speculation about the civil servants from his home state in the central government. Who...
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-PTI Will not allow fake news and targeted voter messaging Internet major Google and social media giants Twitter and Facebook have assured the Election Commission that they will not allow their platforms to be used for anything which affects the sanctity of polls during the campaign period, Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat has said. He said this was tested during the Karnataka elections. “A small pilot was there. That was the beginning. Now...
More »Eastern UP's forest dwellers are finally on the revenue map -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Vantangiyas, who derive their name from a Burmese tradition of hill cultivation, have lived in tin shacks without toilets for decades Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): There is no proper road to Jungle Tinkonia-3. As its name suggests, one must pass a woodland of sal and teak trees to reach it. The situation gets even more precarious during monsoons and medical emergencies, as the village does not have any health centre. Its infrastructure is...
More »CEC damper on joint polls -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Chief election commissioner O.P. Rawat has told The Telegraph that it was "very difficult to fathom" whether the poll panel would be able to hold elections to the Lok Sabha and 11 Assemblies simultaneously. "It is feasible to conduct the Lok Sabha elections along with elections to five Assemblies whose terms expire around the same time. If one or two more states are added, it can be delivered....
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