-The Hindu Guwahati: The Opposition Congress has asked the authorities to start the process of filing appeals only after providing certified copies to those excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) citing reasons for their exclusion. More than 19 lakh people were excluded from the final NRC published on Saturday. The State government said they would get 120 days to move the Foreigners’ Tribunals seeking inclusion of their names. Approaching these...
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Will foreign companies now 'loot' India's coal? -Abir Dasgupta & Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
-Newsclick.in Allowing 100% FDI in coal mining is raising apprehensions that foreign companies will now ‘plunder’ mineral resources for commercial purposes for sale in the open market. The Narendra Modi government’s decision to allow 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in coal mining has been opposed by the Left on the ground it would enable multinational mining companies to “plunder” the country’s mineral resources. Those supporting the move, however, argue that foreign investment in...
More »Fake 500 rupee notes up 121% in 2018-19, says RBI
-PTI * Counterfeiting of the newly-designed ?2,000 notes shot by 21.9% in 2018-19 in comparison to the previous year, the RBI said * RBI said that counterfeit notes detected in the denomination of ?100 declined by 7.5% New Delhi: Counterfeiting of the newly-designed Rs.500 notes shot up by 121 per cent and of the Rs.2,000 notes by 21.9 per cent in 2018-19 in comparison to the previous year, the RBI said on Thursday. Of...
More »Press release--Status of Policing in India Report 2019: Police Adequacy and Working Conditions
-Press release by Common Cause dated 27th August, 2019 New Delhi, August 27, 2019: Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched the Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR) 2019 on the tough working conditions of the police in India at the India International Centre today. The release was followed by a panel discussion on ‘Indian Police and the Rule of...
More »Poor recoveries under IBC can derail Centre's Rs. 70,000-cr recap plan -Radhika Merwin
-The Hindu Business Line Barring few cases, large haircuts of 70-90 per cent are continuing to hurt banks While the Centre’s decision to frontload capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore into PSBs has boosted sentiment, unless there is quick resolution of large accounts under IBC, this may achieve little. What is of more concern, is the paltry amount that banks have been realising from the resolution of accounts under IBC. A look at...
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