-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A speeding luxury car snuffing three young lives, including a woman techie and an auto-rickshaw driver, in Delhi's suburb on Friday night has once again pointed to how youth continue to be the most vulnerable Road users and that speeding is the biggest killer. The latest Road accidents report of Union Road transport ministry shows how every third person killed in Road crashes is in the...
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Quality of spending comes under radar as fiscal draws to a close -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Economists warn that revenue deficit may breach target New Delhi: Will the Exchequer’s switch to a new classification of expenditure from 2017-18 help lower the revenue deficit and improve the quality of spending? The Finance Ministry believes that shift in classification to revenue and capital expenditure from April 1, departing from the current distinction of Plan and Non-Plan spending, will help it direct expenditure towards productive purposes. It is also...
More »Case for targeted basic income -Puja Mehra
-The Hindu The idea of a basic income is not new. The first known suggestion on an unconditional universal basic income for all adults regardless of other income sources was from Thomas More. Centuries later, in 1918, Bertrand Russell discussed a basic income sufficient for necessities as central to the social model combining the advantages of anarchism and socialism that he argued for in Proposed Roads to Freedom. “A certain small...
More »Gujarat announces sops to potato, tomato farmers
-The Hindu Business Line Incentivises exports by offering up to 25 per cent of the overall transport cost Ahmedabad: Facing assembly elections later this year, the Gujarat government on Monday announced financial assistance to the farmers growing potato and tomato in the form of transport assistance for exports. The move is seen as a step directed to please a large section of potato and tomato growing farmers. Announcing the decision, the deputy chief...
More »Demonetisation: 35 per cent job losses, 50 per cent revenue dip, says study by largest organisation of manufacturers -Arun Janardhanan
-The Indian Express The study, conducted by AIMO, has also projected a drop in employment of 60 per cent and loss in revenue of 55 per cent before March 2017. Chennai: IN THE first 34 days since demonetisation, micro-small scale industries suffered 35 per cent jobs losses and a 50 per cent dip in revenue, according to a study conducted by India’s largest organisation of manufacturers. The study, conducted by the All...
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