-The Times of India After registering five FIRs in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation is now moving ahead and has arrested Former Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat P K Jain on Thursday. In another development, sources said that they are planning to book P K Jain and other accused persons in disproportionate Assets case. Jain has been arrested in the case in which sacked BSP leader Babu Singh...

Central government officials will not be empanelled for promotions if they fail to meet the deadline for submitting their annual property returns to the government. The Centre, in an office memorandum issued today, has instructed central secretariat service officers to submit annual immovable property returns for the calendar year 2011 by the end of this month. Officers, particularly class ‘A’ officers, “who do not submit the property returns by the prescribed time...

Supreme Court's CPIO asked to give information to RTI activist Subash Chandra Aggarwal in 10 days The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that all information in possession of the office of the Chief Justice of India is not completely exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. “While we concede that due to the stay granted by the Supreme Court [in the Assets case], all information relating to the...

The Finance Ministry has launched a concessional loan scheme for farmers to prevent distress sale of agricultural produce. Farmers who park their produce at warehouses will be able to avail short-term post harvest loan at 7% as against the prevailing rate of 11%-12%. Farmers making timely payment of the loans will further enjoy 3% interest subvention, bringing the real interest rate to 4%, according to the finance ministry directive. This will benefit...

-The Business Standard   Achieves total financial inclusion in Andhra Pradesh. State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to use the rural banking correspondent (BC) network for farm loan recoveries in addition to the services prescribed under the financial inclusion plan by the Reserve Bank of India. The SBI’s Hyderabad circle with operational jurisdiction extending to the entire state of Andhra Pradesh is one of the first to achieve total financial inclusion. It has...