-The Hindustan Times A government-appointed committee that was looking into allegations of US retail major Walmart's lobbying activities to enter the Indian market has submitted its report to corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday. "The report has just been submitted, the minister would go through it," said a senior corporate affairs ministry. There were reports that the committee has given Walmart a clean chit but it could not be independently verified. The committee,...
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Farmers’ suicide rates soar above the rest-P Sainath
-The Hindu Suicide rates among Indian farmers were a chilling 47 per cent higher than they were for the rest of the population in 2011. In some of the States worst hit by the agrarian crisis, they were well over 100 per cent higher. The new Census 2011 data reveal a shrinking farmer population. And it is on this reduced base that the farm suicides now occur. Apply the new Census totals...
More »Girls interrupted -Charan Singh
-The Hindu Business Line It requires a change in mindset to reverse declining sex ratios. The state-wise child sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males in 0-6 years age group) in India during 2001-2011 declined except in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Mizoram, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu (see table). Interestingly, these are the same states that had recorded a significant fall in child sex ratio during 1991-2001. Adverse child sex ratio can have...
More »Arvind Panagariya, a professor of Indian economics at Columbia University interviewed by Ullekh NP
-The Economic Times Arvind Panagariya, a professor of Indian economics at Columbia University, hits out at Nobel laureate and Harvard University professor Amartya Sen over his call to confront MPs with the "number of deaths" a delayed Food Security Bill can cause. The former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank counters Sen's argument that it is high social spending that has contributed to the economic growth of Asian economies such...
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-PTI A daughter-in-law should be treated as a family member and not as a maid, and she cannot be "thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time", the Supreme Court has said. The court was expressing concern over instances of brides being tortured in the country. The apex court made the observations while sentencing a man to five years imprisonment for torturing his wife and abetting her suicide. The court said a...
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