-TheCitizen.in Fish lovers in West Bengal may soon be threatened with a scarcity in the supply of fish or rise in price or both. The fishermen and the trawler owners are very angry. Without giving a thought to the consequences of a continuous arbitrary rise in the price of diesel, Petrol, kerosene and cooking gas by the central government has led to severe disbalance in the finance and employment sector in the...
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Gadkari launches India’s first CNG Tractor -Shreya Nandi
-Livemint.com * With this, farmers will be able to save more than ₹1 trillion annually on fuel cost, which will help them to improve their livelihood, Nitin Gadkari said * It is safer as CNG tanks come with a tight seal, which reduces the possibility of explosion while refueling or in the event of a spill, the minister said New Delhi: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched India’s...
More »Agriculture infra cess may hit state revenues -Sayantan Bera
-Hindustan Times/ Livemint.com “There is an immediate need to improve agricultural infrastructure so that we produce more, while also conserving and processing agricultural output efficiently,” Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech. The government on Monday introduced a new agriculture infrastructure development cess (AIDC) on Petrol, diesel and several other imported items. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured it won’t place any additional burden on consumers. However, following the introduction of the cess, states...
More »Overtaxation of Petrol and diesel cannot be justified
-The New Indian Express Which means sometime last year, when crude was averaging $25 a barrel, Petrol should have sold for Rs 50 a litre. Nearly two-and-a-half years ago, when global crude oil prices were around $75 a barrel, Petrol was selling at Indian pumps for Rs 75 a litre. Today, when crude oil prices have fallen to $52 a barrel, Petrol prices have hit an all-time high of Rs 86 or...
More »Women out of work: ‘We were moving up the ladder and ab lagta hai kisi ne seedhi chheen li’ -Somya Lakhani
-The Indian Express The Covid lockdown has set off sweeping economic distress in cities but its crucial dimension has remained untold: the silent, devastating toll on the working woman in the city suddenly out of work *A month into the lockdown after she lost her job at an energy policy institute that paid Rs 24,000 a month, 29-year-old Reshma, a post-graduate in social work, sent her four-year-old daughter to live with her...
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