-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Roads in Uttar Pradesh claimed around 53 lives every day in 2016, accounting for 19,320 deaths in the year, the highest among all states since the central government started compiling details of road crashes at the national level. Admitting that rising road deaths was a major concern for the state police, UP's additional DGP (traffic) Anil Kumar Agarwal told TOI that road accidents killed more people...
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In Operation Clean Money, I-T dept. to probe 60,000 people now -Arun S
-The Hindu As part of the first phase of the operation, the department had sent online queries and investigated 17.92 lakh persons out of which 9.46 lakh persons have responded. New Delhi: As part of the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' (OCM) launched Friday to unearth black money, the Income Tax department will probe over 60,000 individuals including 1,300 high risk persons for alleged excessive cash sales post demonetisation on...
More »In loan waivers, 'moral hazard' and continued hope for political gains -Shaji Vikraman
-The Indian Express Urjit Patel has voiced concern publicly over the latest loan waiver — saying it engendered a moral hazard and undermined the honest credit culture. In February 1990, in the months preceding the build-up to the balance of payments crisis the next year, Madhu Dandavate, Finance Minister in V P Singh’s National Front government, announced a debt relief scheme for farmers to fulfill a promise made by the alliance in...
More »Plea for army leeway in Manipur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre today approached the Supreme Court seeking recall of two orders directing a probe into all cases of alleged excessive use of force under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act during counter-insurgency operations in Manipur. Attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi urged a bench headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar for urgent listing of an "open court" hearing of the curative petition challenging the July 8, 2016, judgment of the...
More »Government refuses to share details of CBI chief appointment
-PTI Alok Kumar Verma, the former Delhi Police Commissioner, was on January 19, named as the chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) The government has refused to share details of appointment of CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, claiming the information was exempted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Replying to an RTI query, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said the appointment was done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led...
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