-The Hindu Minister asks officials to complete the process before the onset of kharif Hyderabad: The government has asked the revenue officials to ensure loan eligibility cards to eligible tenant farmers in the State in 15 days to enable the latter to get credit for farm operations for kharif season beginning this June. Revenue Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy instructed Joint Collectors to facilitate issuing of these cards to the tenants after processing their...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: An investigation by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) into allegations of money laundering by private banks has found large-scale violations ranging from huge cash deposits without PAN to dummy numbers. The probe report, a copy of which is available with TOI, shows that three private players - HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank - had also hugely suppressed alerts generated by their system on...

-The Indian Express West Bengal is not new to chit fund scams. What is unique to the Saradha Group scandal is how it targeted the poorest and the most marginalised, leaving them on the verge of devastation. From 17-year-old agents who raised money from depositors to 50-year-old widows who invested money, the Saradha Group didn't discriminate in roping them in. Since the house of cards started collapsing, two agents and two...

KEY TRENDS   • According to National Sample Survey report no. 583: Persons with Disabilities in India, the percentage of persons with disability who received aid/help from Government was 21.8 percent, 1.8 percent received aid/help from organisation other than Government and another 76.4 percent did not receive aid/ help *8   • As per National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4), the Under-five Mortality Rate (U5MR) was 57.2 per 1,000 live births (for the non-STs it was 38.5)...

-PTI In a step towards greater transparency, the government has started a unique facility of submitting RTI applications and fees online. The portal--www.rtionline.gov.in-- has been created with an aim to help people exercise their right to seek information through online medium, said officials in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal department for the implementation of transparency law in the country. An information seeker can submit a fee of Rs...