-PTI Besides Patel, Economic Affairs Secretary Sashikanta Das and Financial Services Secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal are also being asked to appear before the Committee. A Parliamentary panel has decided to summon Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel again to explain how much of the junked currency has been deposited in banks post note ban and the progress made in remonetisation. The meeting of the Standing Committees on Finance, headed by former cabinet minister M...
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Centre can now reject judges for Supreme Court, high courts on grounds of 'national security' -Harish V Nair
-India Today Centre has the power to reject a candidate on grounds of national security and will be setting up of secretariats in the apex court and each HC to screen judge aspirants. Putting to end a 17-month standoff with the Centre, the Supreme Court collegium which is now headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar on Monday said it had cleared the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to...
More »Farm loan waiver is no solution to farmers' woes -Tamal Bandyopadhyay
-Livemint.com The focus should be more on making the prime minister’s crop insurance scheme a success than demanding farm loans waivers from banks Last week, the Indian National Congress at the Maharashtra assembly submitted a breach of privilege notice against State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya for “insulting farmers and the House” by her remarks on farm loan waiver. The leader of the opposition in the state assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil,...
More »Now, vending machines for sanitary pads at public places in Thiruvananthapuram
-The News Minute The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will install machines and incinerators in 60 places across the city. Women in Kerala’s capital - Thiruvananthapuram have a reason to cheer. The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will be installing sanitary napkin vending machines in various parts of the city in two weeks. It is an extension of its 2014 project, where the civic body had installed sanitary napkin vending machines in some schools. The vending machines will be installed...
More »Law matters, not PM's word: A-G to SC on note ban deadline -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express "There is no question of PM’s speech...if PM says March 31, 2017 but the law says December 30, 2016, the law will prevail over the PM. Let’s be clear about that first," the A-G submitted before a bench led by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar The Central government’s top law officer, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, told Supreme Court Tuesday that the “law will prevail over” Prime Minister...
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