-The Times of India LUCKNOW: As the death of 23 children in a single day in Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRDMC) grabs national headlines, a sharp cut by the Aditya Nath Yogi government in the budgetary allocation for medical education this year is raising questions. That's because this is the head under which the BRDMC, like other state-run colleges, receives funds. The budgetary allocation for 14 such medical colleges and...
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ATM expansion slows due to note ban -Manojit Saha
-The Hindu Replacement of systems more than 7 years old, Centre’s digital push lead to cutting down on new installations A combination of factors, including cash crunch following demonetisation of high value notes announced in November last, have led to commercial banks cutting down on the number of automated teller Machines (ATMs) particularly those not located in branches (off-site ATMs), latest RBI data showed. According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there were...
More »Why the eNAM platform hasn't taken off despite all the fanfare -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line Most States have not amended APMC Acts; existing mandis lack infrastructure The eNAM portal, launched by the Centre in April 2016, has 45.4 lakh farmers and 417 mandis across the country registered with it. This number is disappointing, given that there are more than 13 crore farmers in India. eNAM, which was envisioned as a unified national electronics agriculture market, faces multiple hurdles. To implement it, each State has to first...
More »Non-availability of Machines slowed down counting of withdrawn notes: Urjit Patel -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line Remonetisation taking place at a good pace, RBI Governor tells House panel New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that the non-availability of the currency verification processing system (CVPS) Machines is one reason why the counting of demonetised notes is not yet done. Though he painted a rosy picture of the digitisation process in the country post-demonetisation before the panel, figures presented by...
More »EC to tally paper trail slips with EVMs in 5% booths in each assembly seat -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express The decision on compulsory counting of paper trail slips, which was approved by the full Commission before Nasim Zaidi retired as the Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday, is a response to the demand made by political parties at a meeting held by the EC on May 12. In a bid to further reinforce the credibility of electronic voting Machines, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to mandatorily tally...
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