-Live Mint CCEA clears recommendations on sugar sector made by Rangarajan panel; subsidy burden to rise Pushing ahead with long-pending reforms of the sugar industry, the cabinet on Thursday approved the dismantling of rules requiring sugar mills to sell the sweetener at below-market prices through the Public Distribution System (PDS) and abolished curbs on open market sale. The cabinet committee on economic affairs cleared the recommendations made by a panel headed by C....

-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: He zips around in a Toyota Fortuner but is listed as a below poverty line (BPL) beneficiary. Biju Janata Dal MLA Srinath Soren, from Udala in Mayurbhanj district, who declared his assets in 2009 that in no way qualify him for such benefits, nevertheless has his wife and two kids as well listed under BPL. The information was obtained through an RTI application. Soren, a first-term MLA,...

-The Business Standard CAG state audit report NCT has also unearthed a glaring lack of planning cutting across projects, sectors It may be India's capital city, but behind the New Delhi's storied corridors of power and flush coffers, the metropolis is a difficult mess for the ordinary citizen. The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) state audit report for the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi government has unearthed a series of significant shortcoming...

-The Hindu In its latest form, the National Food Security Bill, 2013 promises to address the extreme irony of an ambitious nation holding mountains of food in storage, while masses of its people are undernourished or even starving. The right to food is finally on the threshold of being legislated. Every step taken to widen the coverage of food security schemes is an advance. Yet, the empirical truth is that...

-The Hindu The Justice Verma Committee report acts as a blueprint for the radical transformation of gender relations within the framework of constitutional guarantees and gender equality. However, the adoption of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013 by Parliament on March 19, 2013, does not go beyond legal change. Prof. Hasan argues that if political parties are serious about the rights of women, the Women's Representation Bill must be passed...