-The Hindu Business Line CPI-AL increases to 6.60 per cent, CPI-RL up to 6.82 in July Retail inflation for farm workers and rural workers rose further in July, driven by an increase in food prices. The All-India Consumer Price Index based inflation for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI- RL) increased to 6.60 per cent and 6.82 per cent in July, 2022 respectively. CPI- AL was at 6.43 per cent in June this...
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RBI Bulletin: A big bang approach to PSB privatisation may do more harm than good
-Moneycontrol.com The study also suggests that market confidence tends to be in favour of PSBs in terms of crisis. The latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bulletin published on August 18 suggests that a big bang approach to privatisation of government-owned banks may do more harm than good. A paper published in the bulletin analyses various pros and cons of privatisation and identifies how an emerging economy like India may face more challenges...
More »India's Food Security Is Thanks to the Green Revolution. Let Us Not Deny It -Siraj Hussain
-TheWire.in Science helped India feed itself. Now, there is a clear need for re-imagination for Indian agriculture to bring it in consonance with the ecological requirement of various regions. While we celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, there is one area of which we can justifiably be proud. Even though the green revolution has lately attracted lot of criticism for a variety of damages to soil, water and environment, there is no doubt...
More »‘Digging your own grave’: Illegal sand mining devastates Bihar’s rivers -Mohd Imran Khan
-TheThirdPole.net This year, Bihar extended a seasonal ban on mining sand from its rivers. But illegal sand mining continues every day across the eastern Indian state Deep inside the riverine belt of Koelwar in Bhojpur district of Bihar, around four to five kilometres from the main road and well out of sight, a dozen labourers are cutting and digging a portion of the Sone River in bright afternoon sunshine. Bare-chested, wielding spades...
More »Pharma Company Distributed Rs 1,000 Crore Freebies to Prescribe Dolo 650 Mg Tablets, SC Told
-TheWire.in The petition alleged that to ensure a higher profit margin, the company manufacturing Dolo tablets distributed freebies to doctors to prescribe the 650 mg drug. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday, August 18 was told by an NGO that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused the pharma company manufacturing paracetamol drug ‘Dolo’ of distributing Rs 1,000 crore freebies to doctors for prescribing a dosage of its 650 mg...
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