-The Indian Express The I&B Ministry is Planning to generate real-time data on what the 120 million TV viewing households are watching by putting a chip into the set top boxes (STB). The move comes at a time when dominant television ratings company, TAM Media Research, is facing the heat from the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The move may also raise privacy concerns and invite protests from rights activists but ministry...
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12th plan yet to be officially printed, but Panel wants states to be ready for mid-term appraisals -Vikas Dhoot
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: India's much-delayed Twelfth Five-Year Plan is yet to be officially printed, but the Planning Commission has already begun asking states and ministries to start gearing up for the mid-term appraisals for this Plan period, leaving most of them bewildered. This Five-Year Plan started in April 2012, but the strategy document for the Plan was finalised and approved by National Development Council in late December that year -...
More »Dams and disasters in the Himalayas -Anirudh Burman
-Live Mint Fast clearance of river projects and the lack of disaster preparedness have wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand Relief operations in disaster-ravaged Uttarakhand have ended and the time seems ripe to take account of the institutional frailties that have contributed to the ongoing human disaster in the state. Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna has been blamed for inaction when the disaster first struck and has also admitted that the state did not...
More »Cong may launch food security scheme on Aug 20
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Congress is Planning a grand rollout of the food security scheme, likely on Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary on August 20, in what appears a strong bid to woo the vast beneficiary group ahead of the 2014 elections. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will meet party chief ministers and key leaders on Saturday to hammer out the strategy for a big bang launch of the food law that...
More »The employment story reflected in NSS data: Jobless growth reversed-Santosh Mehrotra
-The Economic Times The latest round of NSS - the 68th employment-unemployment round - brings good news for jobs. The data for 2011-12 shows that total employment in the economy has risen from 460.2 million in 2009-10 to 472.9 million in just two years. This is good news compared to the previous five-year period that saw an increase of only 2.5 million jobs over 2004-05 and 2009-10. Another piece of good news...
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