-Business Standard Reliance set up a new company to apply for it Within two weeks of the government formally notifying the rules for institutions of eminence, Reliance group incorporated the Reliance Foundation Institution of Education Research (RFIER), a section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013. It is this company of the Reliance group that shall set up the Maharashtra-located Jio University, which the government has selected for the institution of eminence...
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Cost of Modi's demonetisation: IAF raised bills of Rs 29.41 crore to ferry currency notes, reveals RTI
-PTI New Delhi: Over Rs 29.41 crore was spent on using the Indian Air Force’s ultra-modern transport aircraft — the C-17 and the C-130J Super Hercules — to ferry the newly-issued Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 currency notes post-demonetisation, according to an RTI reply. The move to scrap the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, and saw 86 per cent...
More »A right to sell at MSP: CACP wants legislation to ensure farmers benefit -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard The government's price-fixation panel backs legalising farmers' right to sell at MSP New Delhi: As the government goes on an overdrive to publicise the hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP), the question is how to ensure that farmers reap the benefits. Unless there is a regular procurement mechanism, MSPs will continue to have a notional value except, perhaps, for rice. The Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), the body which...
More »Minimum support price for paddy hiked by Rs. 200 a quintal -Vikas Vasudeva & Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu The Union government looks to fulfil its poll promise of giving farmers 50 per cent more rate than their cost of production. In keeping with the promise made in this year’s Budget speech, the Union Cabinet has approved a hike in minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops so that they are 50% higher than the cost of production, not including land costs. This includes a ?200 per quintal increase in...
More »Kharif MSP hike to cost Centre Rs 33,500 crore more -Vishwa Mohan and Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Moving to fulfil its budget promise and address political heat over farmer discontent, the government is set to announce a new minimum support price (MSP) regime that will provide farmers a profit margin of 50% over cost of production. The additional Bill is likely to be around Rs 33,500 crore. The new MSP, to be considered by the cabinet on Wednesday, will largely apply to paddy...
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