-Hindustan Times Retail inflation in November dipped below 6% for the first time in 11 months, beating analyst estimates, on the back of a sharp deceleration in food PRIces, especially of vegetables and edible oils, although a spike in cereal PRIces is a matter of concern. New Delhi: Retail inflation in November dipped below 6% for the first time in 11 months, beating analyst estimates, on the back of a sharp deceleration...
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RBI's Inflation Mandate Failure Report Cannot Be Made Public, Government Tells Parliament
-ANI/ NDTV.com The government told Parliament that the RBI had submitted its report on the inflation target failure, but it cannot be made public. New Delhi: The government on Monday told Parliament that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had submitted its report on the breach of the inflation target for three consecutive quarters, but it cannot be made public per the provisions of the RBI Act. Union Minister of State for Finance...
More »Why is there friction between the government and the judiciary? -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu What is the trigger for the current conflict? Why did the Supreme Court strike down the law on National Judicial Appointments? What is the government’s grouse against the Collegium system? What is the new CJI planning? The story so far: A major confrontation is on between the Union government and the Supreme Court over the former’s resentment towards the Collegium system of appointments and its push to have a dominant...
More »Parliamentary panel calls for free cancer treatment -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Committee asks govt to take steps to strengthen radiotherapy facilities in the country, expressing concerns about inadequate infrastructure A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to provide free cancer treatment to middle-class households through a government-funded health insurance scheme and to cap cancer diagnostics and treatment services in government and PRIvate hospitals. The parliamentary standing committee on health has also called on the government to take steps to strengthen radiotherapy facilities...
More »How fuel PRIces become mysteriously stable just before elections. Here’s data since 2020 -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-ThePRInt.in In recent years, fuel PRIces have been kept static for weeks before assembly polls, only to be changed soon after. However, there's no clarity over who's deciding the PRIces. New Delhi: Rising oil PRIces have meant that the Modi government is increasingly abandoning a dynamic PRIcing reform it had adopted in 2017 and is now exerting more control over fuel PRIces. Troublingly, government data shows that fuel PRIces are being kept...
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