-The Times of India The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought replies from the Centre, Bharti Walmart Private Limited and Bharti Retail Limited on a plea for a probe against the firms for allegedly carrying out retail trading in multi-brand sector in violation of India's FDI policy. A bench of acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Anil Kumar issued notices to the Centre and the firms on a PIL filed by...
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No One Killed Agriculture
-Inclusion.in There is good news. And there’s bad news. The good news first. There’s been a bumper wheat crop and the granaries are overflowing. And the bad news? Where do we begin? A lot of that grain will rot. Millions will still remain hungry. Heavily in debt and distressed, farmers are committing suicide. Food prices are soaring. There’s more… Farmers don’t have money. Their land is too small and isn’t yielding much. Fertilisers and...
More »A new beginning
-The Indian Express Push on FDI in multibrand retail could be the trigger for UPA 2’s image makeover For a government with its back to the wall and pretty much nowhere to go, it’s time to simply get on with it. Now that the Parliament’s budget session is over, the presidential candidate has been announced and the next round of state elections is still some way off, the government is beginning to...
More »Govt writes to state CMs for FDI in multi-brand retail
-The Times of India The government is moving swiftly to build a consensus over the move to allow foreign investment in the multi-brand retail sector with the commerce, industry and textiles minister Anand Sharma writing to three key state chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha to seek their support. Sharma has been trying to build a consensus and has met several chief ministers to draw their support to the move....
More »With slowing growth, people are now questioning the long-term Indian story
-The New York Times India's coalition government just celebrated the third anniversary of its tenure with a self-congratulatory banquet that could not have been more poorly timed: India's currency, the rupee, is falling; investment is down; inflation is rising; and deficits are eating away at government coffers. While short-term growth has slowed but not ground to a halt, India's problems have dampened hopes that it, along with China and other non-Western economies,...
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