-Financial Express Big e-commerce companies having deep pockets are leaving no stone unturned in monopolizing the e-commerce business and retail trade of India with their malpractices and violating FDI policy, traders’ body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. CAIT, which has been campaigning against Amazon and Flipkart for years now alleging unethical business practices by them, said that the absence...
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Government to fast-track green nod -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu MoEF issues fresh Guidelines to accelerate environmental appraisal of projects The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) wants to expedite the environment appraisal of industrial projects. These appraisals, as per norms, are conducted by independent panels of experts that have representatives from the government as well as from outside, trained in matters of ecology, wildlife and habitat preservation. The Expert Appraisal Committees (EACs) opine on whether a proposed project beyond a...
More »Telling Numbers: Body mass index of Indian 19-year-olds among lowest in 200 countries -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express World Health Organization Guidelines define a normal BMI range as 18.5 to 24.9, overweight as 25 or higher, and obesity as 30 or higher. India ranks third and fifth from the bottom respectively among countries where 19-year-old girls and boys have a low body mass index, according to a study in The Lancet to be published on Friday. The study provides new estimates for height and BMI trends in...
More »Deserted wives, children entitled to alimony from date of application: Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Apex court lays down Guidelines for matrimonial cases. The Supreme Court on November 4 held that deserted wives and children are entitled to alimony/maintenance from the husbands from the date they apply for it in a court of law. In a significant judgment by a Bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and R. Subhash Reddy, the top court said women deserted by husbands were left in dire straits, often reduced to destitution,...
More »Guidelines for promoting FPOs a bureaucratic maze -T Nanda Kumar
-Financial Express The current Guidelines may not inspire confidence among farmers on entering into collective enterprises. Prime minister Narendra Modi, in his address commemorating 75 years of the UN’s FAO, reiterated India’s commitment to enhance its farmers’ income. He also reiterated the resolve to create 10,000 additional Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), one of the main pillars in the proposed transformation of the agri-economy. Will his futuristic vision result in creation of successful...
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