-Frontline.in The Aadhaar project’s headlong push towards “total” enrolment of Indian citizens threatens the privacy of individuals on an unprecedented scale, while its patchy biometric system acts as a tool of denial for the most vulnerable. Meanwhile, the UID chugs along, regardless, fuelled by the avarice of private interests who seek to cash in on citizen data. IN the last seven years, the right to privacy of Indian citizens has been...
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In Operation Clean Money, I-T dept. to probe 60,000 people now -Arun S
-The Hindu As part of the first phase of the operation, the department had sent online queries and investigated 17.92 lakh persons out of which 9.46 lakh persons have responded. New Delhi: As part of the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' (OCM) launched Friday to unearth black money, the Income Tax department will probe over 60,000 individuals including 1,300 high risk persons for alleged excessive cash sales post demonetisation on...
More »Are farmers collateral damage of modern economic growth? -Sanjiv Phansalkar
-VillageSquare.in People living in villages, who are migrating in large numbers to urban spaces in search of livelihoods, could be victims of our economic development or perhaps the dismal income growth of farm households is semi-deliberate to keep labor costs low Till about 1990 since Independence, our country followed what may be broadly termed an import-substitution strategy for economic growth. This meant high import duties and rigid non-tariff barriers on imports and...
More »Where Indian buffalo meat exports go
-The Indian Express Vietnam is by far the largest importer, data show; it is likely, however, that the bulk of the over 6 lakh tonnes of carabeef shipped to Vietnam finds its way unofficially to China Brazil and India have been vying for the top spot in world beef exports over the past several years. In 2014, India dislodged Brazil from the number 1 slot, according to United States Department of Agriculture...
More »Drought takes toll on poultry sector -KV Kurmanath & Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Soaring temperatures, transport strike add to woes in the South Hyderabad/ Bengaluru: Summer is not a great season for the poultry industry. Oppressive heat, increase in feed costs and depleting groundwater levels tell on production. This year’s drought in the southern States and transport strike have only added to the problems, resulting in a 20-25 per cent price drop. The overall cost of production has gone up by 10 per...
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