-The Indian Express Questions over cost of exercise; will tax black money hoarders, says Adhia Mumbai: THE government expects the entire money in circulation in the form of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 which have been scrapped to come back to the banking system so that the tax authority can trace the transactions and tax black money hoarders, Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia said on Tuesday. This, effectively, undermines the...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 2558
How Gujarat's Maldharis Are Asserting Their Rights Over the Banni Grasslands -Gaurav Madan
-TheWire.in To oppose the forest department’s plan to limit open grazing, the pastoral community is formally pursuing their collective land rights through the Forest Rights Act. The sun has not yet decided to rise. It’s pitch black out but a group of Maldharis has already assembled for the last session of this year’s milking competition. Their massive buffalos are majestically adorned with intricate garlands and colourful necklaces. The panch (group of five...
More »Alternatives to rationalise consumption -Satyapal Menon
-TheHansIndia.com Driven by conservation concerns about the huge pressure on the water resources in the country, there is a growing debate in India about the feasibility of cultivating paddy crops. Such apprehensions are based on the premise that paddy consumes huge quantum of water and consequently it is proving to be a drain on depleting water resources in India. On an average, 2,500 liters of water is required for producing one kg...
More »How much the richest 1% earn and spend -Pramit Bhattacharya
-Livemint.com 98% of the top percentile own either a car or a two-wheeler, shows a PRICE survey on India’s consumer economy The average monthly household income of the richest 1% of Indians is Rs.66,627 and that of the richest 10% is Rs.35,605, according to the latest data from a nationally representative survey, the Household Survey on India’s Citizen Environment & Consumer Economy (ICE 360° survey) conducted in 2016. Given that these income estimates...
More »Demonetisation and the economy: Signs of distress everywhere -Ankur Bhardwaj
-Business Standard Indian economy is showing signs of distress all around and economists are not off the mark in their assessment When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on November 8 and announced his government’s big move to tackle black money, currency counterfeiting and terror funding by banning old currency notes of Rs 500 & Rs 1,000, there were murmurs of protest. Since then, economists like Amartya Sen, Kaushik Basu and many...
More »
