-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Amid controversial reports of hunger deaths in Jharkhand due to PDS beneficiaries being turned away, economist Jean Dreze says that even official records show that a significant proportion of people are being deprived of food rations every month. In an interview with New Sunday Express, the prime mover behind the NREGA welfare scheme said “this does not mean that Aadhaar is solely responsible for the failures...
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Pharma price controls hurt consumers -Subir Roy
-The Hindu Business Line Public procurement at a negotiated price is a better option. Price curbs deter producers and don’t check pharmacy margins The Government’s attempt to keep the prices of essential medicines affordable and curb the extraordinary returns earned by private healthcare providers through price controls has started an inexorable process whose end does not seem in sight. Will these moves eventually be counter-productive? First came the move to extend the scope...
More »World Bank's False Praise Pleases Besieged Modi -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in A World Bank study ignores slumping economy and raging joblessness to praise ‘reforms’. A charming little bromance seems to be brewing between the World Bank and India’s Modi-LED government. A series of reports by the World Bank has praised Modi for various kinds of “reforms”. The latest is the so calLED “Doing Business” report of the World Bank which lavishes praise on the Modi govt. for making it easier to do...
More »LED bulb safety alert -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: More than half the light emitting diode (LED) bulb brands sold in India breach the safety standards prescribed by the government's Bureau of Indian Standards, a lighting industry association said on Monday, citing a survey by a market research firm. The Nielsen survey has found that 36 to 73 per cent of LED bulb brands sold across 200 retail outlets in four cities faiLED to comply with the...
More »Five-judge statute Bench to decide on Aadhaar validity -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging mandatory linkage with mobiles The Supreme Court on Monday decided to constitute a five-judge Constitution Bench to hear petitions from November against the validity of the Aadhaar scheme. A Bench LED by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra took the step after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal said falsehoods had been spread about Aadhaar linking. A separate Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan,...
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