-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government could look at introducing new sectoral regulations or amending existing ones to allow entities such as banks and mobile companies to continue using the Aadhaar number for faster authentication and customer acquisition. Such use has been banned by the Supreme Court ruling that struck down parts of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act that allow sharing of data in this manner. Inter-ministerial consultations will be...
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Tapping the N-E's organic farming potential -TV Jayan
-The Hindu Business line India’s North-East, comprising eight States, is largely unspoilt by modern agricultural practices, which involve heavy use of agro-chemicals and chemical fertilisers. For this precise reason, the region is a natural choice for promoting organic farming in the country. Sikkim, the first organic State in India, has already shown the way for the other States in the region. According to the estimates available with the Agricultural and Processed...
More »Wary of opening new front, govt sitting on OBC report? -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the upper caste backlash over the government's aggressive pro-Dalit measures roiling the politics, will BJP execute the radical measure of sub-categorisation of OBCs or prefer to procrastinate on the expert commission's pending report? The question was uppermost on the minds of government insiders a day after the chairperson of the Commission tasked with drafting the sub-categorisation blueprint, Justice G Rohini, met Union minister Thavar...
More »57% of regular Indian employees earn less than Rs. 10,000
-Livemint.com The ‘State of Working India’ report by Azim Premji University shows that the low wage is so evident that people earning Rs. 50,000 or more constitute just 1.6% of the total workforce in India New Delhi: Despite economic growth and gradual formalization of the workforce, low wages and wage growth remain key challenges with 57% of regular employees earning Rs. 10,000 or less a month, a new report published on Tuesday...
More »Fiscal deficit in April-August at 94.7% of govt's annual target -Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Livemint.com India’s fiscal deficit touched 94.7% of the budgeted target during the April-August period while revenue deficit crossed the budget estimate at 113.8% in the same period New Delhi: Despite a substantial increase in transfer of surplus by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the government, India’s fiscal deficit touched 94.7% of the budgeted target during the April-August period while revenue deficit crossed the budget estimate at 113.8% in the same...
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