-The Indian Express On November 29, farmers are scheduled to gather at four locations on the outskirts of Delhi, from where they will march into the capital city. Mumbai: PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR farmers, lawyers for farmers, students for farmers and techies for farmers — these are some of a series of loose groups being formed across cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune in an effort to mobilise the support of...
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Mathadi workers in Maharashtra to join traders' bandh today -Nanda Kasabe
-Financial Express Mathadi leaders Shashikant Shinde and Narendra Patil met Minister for Cooperation and Marketing Subhash Deshmukh and had sought more clarity on the role of commission agents in APMCs as well as transactions on eNAM After traders at Vashi in Maharashtra called for a one-day bandh on Tuesday against the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing Development and the Regulation Act Ordinance, over 4-5 lakh Mathadi ( workers who carry loads) workers...
More »Mid-year review: Only five tax regions manage to achieve revenue mop-up goals -Rahul Wadke
-The Hindu Mumbai among biggest laggards with 3.8% growth in collections against a target of 13.3% Mumbai: The Income Tax Department may miss the revenue collection target for this fiscal going by the numbers for the first two quarters. Out of 18 income tax regions in the country, only five — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh (E), Uttar Pradesh (W), Odisha and the North-East — have managed to achieve the revenue goals in the...
More »Agriculture sector not responsible for discoms' health, declining groundwater: study -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth While power consumption in agriculture is overestimated, a number of factors influence groundwater extraction. A new study done by Pune-based non-profit Prayas shows that India’s agriculture sector cannot be held responsible for financial stress on electricity distribution companies (discoms) and for declining groundwater. The study titled, Understanding the Electricity, Water & Agriculture Linkages, argues that not only is the subsidy given to agriculture in India overestimated, the relation between subsidy...
More »RTI Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu accuses union government of interfering with the independence of CIC -Parth Welankar
-Hindustan Times Acharyulu also expressed his astonishment over the Supreme Court asking the Centre to submit details of the decision-making process of the Rafale deal. He said, “I am surprised that now the Supreme Court has asked the government for the information regarding the decision-making process of the Rafale deal. Technical details of the deal are not important. Besides, why should the SC even ask for this information in the first...
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