-Scroll.in The manner in which the transfer was effected has raised questions about transparency in judicial appointments. Justice Jayant Patel of the Karnataka High Court resigned on September 25, after he was transferred to the Allahabad High Court. The transfer meant Patel lost the opportunity to become chief justice of the Karnataka High Court, where he was the second-most senior judge. In the Allahabad High Court, he would have been relegated to the...
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Now, states can identify and manage their own wetlands -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Seeking to protect over 2 lakh wetlands across the country, the Centre has come out with rules to identify and manage these ecologically fragile areas which play an important role in flood control, groundwater recharge, preserving plant varieties, supporting migratory birds and protecting coastlines. The new rules, notified by the environment ministry on Tuesday, decentralise wetlands management by giving states powers to not only identify and...
More »Distress sale of pulses hits Maharashtra; state rushes off team to Centre for relief -Nanda Kasabe
-The Financial Express Pune: Even as the government of Maharashtra is sending its top officials to the national capital to follow up on its proposal to the Centre for the procurement of moong and urad under the government’s Minimum Support Price ( MSP) scheme, farmers have begun distress sales. Maharashtra cooperation minister Subhash Deshmukh said the Centre’s permission is expected over the next two to three days, failing which the state...
More »Small firms flounder post demonetisation, on GST: RBI study
-The Indian Express The RBI which studied the results of 2,726 non-government and non-financial companies said the overall EBIDTA of these corporate showed a 0.2 per cent increase. However, net profit declined by 6.9 per cent even as sales improved by 7.2 per cent. Mumbai: Small companies are finding the going tough with sales and profits taking a big beating in the wake of demonetisation and implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST)....
More »Narendra Modi gets a stellar economic advisory panel but will he listen to it in an election year? -Seetha
-Firstpost.com So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got his three wise men and one wise woman to advise him on managing the economy. The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has been revived with Bibek Debroy as chairman and Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy and Ashima Goyal as members. Ratan Watal, a career bureaucrat, will be member secretary. No one can deny that it’s a great team with impeccable credentials, both as economists...
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