-The Hindu Recommends six subsidised LPG cylinders per household in a year The Government-appointed Kirit Parikh Committee has recommended a price increase of Rs. 5 per litre in diesel, Rs. 4 per litre in kerosene, and Rs. 250 in LPG cylinder with immediate effect. It has also recommended that the subsidised LPG cylinders be reduced from the present nine to six cylinders per annum to each household. It has pitched for capping the...
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Should Aadhaar be made mandatory?-Jyoti Mukul
-The Business Standard A Supreme Court interim order says it should not, but the issues involved may not be quite so clear cut Even as the Supreme Court sits to hear arguments on the applicability of the unique identification number, popularly known as Aadhaar, the debate around the unique identification number has already shifted from its success or reach to whether it should be mandatory. In an interim order, the apex court...
More »Government, OMCs send petitions to alter Aadhaar ruling-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu "Only subsidy and not service has been made conditional on providing the Aadhaar number" The Supreme Court order on Aadhaar is expected to provide relief to more than 24 lakh people in 20 districts who would have got locked out of access to subsidised LPG gas cylinders, for not having valid UID cards that are linked to banks. The court in its interim order had said that no one should be...
More »Your LPG dealer can lose licence for late delivery -Piyush Pandey
-The Times of India MUMBAI: There is some good news for homemakers. Oil marketing companies have introduced a new 'star rating' system for cooking gas dealers, which will ensure that LPG cylinders are refilled within a stipulated period of time. A dealer failing to provide refills on time risks losing his rating and even his licence if the delivery is not made in eight days. In the most-privileged category are the dealers...
More »SC refuses relief to Centre on use of Aadhaar cards -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to provide any relief to the Centre on the issue of Aadhaar card. Refusing to modify its earlier order that Aadhaar cards could not be made mandatory for availing social benefits, the Supreme Court, however, agreed to give an urgent hearing to the issue. The top court posted the issue for hearing on October 22. The Centre told the court that its...
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