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Onion price rise temporary phase, govt boosting supply: Ram Vilas Paswan

-PTI New Delhi: Terming high onion prices as a “temporary phase”, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asserted that they have enough supplies in buffer stock to check prices of the staple food that trade data showed is ruling in the range of Rs 50-60 per kg in some parts of the country. Among Metros, onion was quoting at Rs 34 per kg in Chennai, Rs 43 per kg in Mumbai,...

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India's public transport challenge -Sriharsha Devulapalli & Howindialives

-Livemint.com An effective mass transit system for India’s large urban agglomerations can flourish only with adequate financing of buses, Metros, and suburban rail Among the several services that haven’t been able to keep up with the exponential growth of Indian cities is public transportation. As transit is integral to living in cities, residents have resorted to purchasing private vehicles to get around, adding to an already-severe congestion crisis in our cities. The solution...

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'Don't give sops, it's public money': SC raps Delhi govt on free rides for women in Metro

-The Indian Express The apex court said that the Delhi government is bound to ensure that the financial health of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is maintained properly and no steps are taken that might result in losses. The Supreme Court Friday came down heavily on the Delhi government for its ambitious proposal to make Metro travel free for women, saying it might lead the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to losses. The...

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Can equitable distribution of energy meet green concerns? -Rohit Azad and Shouvik Chakraborty

-Hindustan Times A thumb rule for any public policy in Delhi, given the current levels of pollution, should be that the policy at least has a neutral effect on emissions. This means that if it can’t reduce emissions, it should at least not increase them. New Delhi: Government subsidies are often dubbed as inefficient for an economy. While some subsidies may indeed do more harm than good, to argue that all...

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Policy by Whatsapp: A disregard of consequences in governing the new India -Samar Halarnkar

-Scroll.in Democracy requires a national character that isn’t grounded in ignorance and government policy that is not a sophisticated version of Whatsapp. It is now clear – 1,020 days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told India he was wiping out 85% of its currency, by value – that demonetisation was not just a failure but a spectacularly misconceived move. That its destructive effects took at least 100 lives in its immediate aftermath,...

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