-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has sought the views of regulator Trai and Press Council of India (PCI) on an increase the cap on FDI in media. This was described as a consultation process by ministry sources who said that nothing was being changed right now. Earlier, a committee headed by economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram had recommended an increase in the FDI limit in print...
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Rural women lost 9.1m jobs in 2 yrs, urban gained 3.5m -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Women's employment has taken an alarming dip in rural areas in the past two years, a government survey has revealed. In jobs that are done for 'the major part of the year', a staggering 9.1 million jobs were lost by rural women. In urban areas, the situation was quite the reverse, with over 3.5 million women added to the workforce. This emerges from comparing employment data...
More »The costs of no food security -Ashutosh Varshney
-The Indian Express India is at the point where a low income democracy cannot afford to ignore the hungry Is India's food security ordinance supportable? The debate has been vigorous. It will help to separate the questions of process from those of principle. Whether an ambitious scheme of this magnitude should have been brought in as an executive ordinance or as a new law after parliamentary debate, is basically a procedural question. It...
More »Gujarat seeks cut in tariffs for solar power plants -Mitul Thakkar
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi's Gujarat government, lauded by India Inc for being business friendly, has stumped industry as it seeks to back out of the high tariffs contracted for nearly 1,000 MW of solar plants of the Tatas, GMR, Adani, Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, Lanco and others. Industry leaders said the move was shocking as it raised issues about the consistency of the state's policy, but the business-savvy Gujarat...
More »Bonding and Fantasy-Bhaswati Chakravorty
-The Telegraph Has rape become an inspiring act? Protest, debate, anger, mutual blame, marches, mob violence are spilling out of streets and screens, yet the rape count continues to rise relentlessly, almost as if the outrage over one incident is inciting the next one. Such a narrative is to an extent encouraged by the way incidents are reported in newspapers and television, but the facts are inescapable, and everybody, including the...
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