-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Dreaded gangster Sriprakash Shukla built his criminal empire on illegal money earned from railway contracts worth crores in places with big railway establishments like Gorakhpur and Banaras. But this could be a thing of the past as the state-run transporter is set to start online Tendering of all contracts related to civil works within a month's time. Contracts for civil works worth around Rs 30,000 to...
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Delhi’s public transport far from ready for govt’s odd-even formula -Faizan Haidar
-Hindustan Times Delhi is staring at chaos as its already stretched public transport system -- especially the DTC and metro -- will have little room for millions of vehicle owners who will be barred from driving once road rationing kicks in. The city has 2.7 million private cars and 5.8 million two-wheelers, official data shows. Come January 1, half of these -- around 4.3 million vehicles -- will be off the road...
More »Curbing Delhi pollution: The Big Question, How? - Naveed Iqbal & Sarah Hafeez
-The Indian Express A major challenge would be coordinating with different agencies, many of which claimed they were in the dark. While the Delhi government introduced a slew of radical measures to curb the capital’s soaring pollution levels, there is still a long way to go before these can be successfully implemented. A major challenge would be coordinating with different agencies, many of which claimed they were in the dark. -...
More »Order on pulses stock limit not trade distortion, India tells US
-PTI The issue was raised by the American side during the US-India Trade Policy Forum meeting Washington: India has said that the recent order that removed "stock limit exemptions" for pulses held by importers as part of its effort to address the shortage of pulses and prevent undue hoarding is "not a trade distortion". The issue was raised by the American side during the US-India Trade Policy Forum meeting here after the US...
More »Recipe for failure
-The Hindu Business Line Our pulses trade and output policies are made with the wrong ingredients The present spike in prices of pulses is a fallout of both structural and short-term factors. Years of flawed production and trade policies, along with the absence of technological breakthroughs to improve yields, have led to stagnation in output. The retail prices of pulses have galloped along at a faster rate ever since the fourth advance...
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