-Livemint.com RBI annual report estimates value of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes returned was Rs 15.28 trillion against Rs 15.44 trillion in circulation before demonetisation Mumbai: According to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual report released Wednesday, 98.96% of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes (by value) that were invalidated due to the demonetisation exercise had been returned by the end of June. The numbers put to rest one of the big...
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NITI report not views of think tank or Centre -Arup Roychoudhury & Subhayan Chakraborty
-Business Standard The Aayog had released the survey on Monday, with its logo and India's national emblem on the cover New Delhi: A survey on ease of doing business released by the NITI Aayog on Monday does not represent the views of the Centre or the think tank, the Union government said on Tuesday. The Aayog had released the survey, with its logo and India’s national emblem on the cover, which stated that...
More »Women cry for farm rights
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Women engaged in farming have converged from across the country in the capital demanding a separate identity as "women farmers" with access to the same rights and entitlements as their male counterparts, besides Land records classified according to gender. A key issue pertains to the ownership of Land as patriarchy continues to deny women such rights which, in turn, blocks their access to subsidies and other inputs provided...
More »Gorakhpur deaths: Why India's poor public health delivery system is a killer -Sanchita Sharma
-Hindustan Times India’s public expenditure on health is rising, but not as fast as its burgeoning population of 1.3 billion, which grow by 26 million each year It’s not the lack of oxygen that kills hundreds of children in hospitals of Uttar Pradesh each year, it’s India’s abysmal public health delivery system. “Gorakhpur is the symbol of the collapse of the primary health care system. Why should people be forced to travel 200km...
More »Justice (retd) KS Puttaswamy, original petitioner in the right to privacy case, interviewed by Avinash Bhat (The Hindu)
-The Hindu Original petitioner welcomes Supreme Court verdict on privacy The original petitioner in the right to privacy case is a happy man after Thursday’s verdict from the Supreme Court. In 2012, Justice (retd) K.S. Puttaswamy had approached the apex court as petitioner in a case which has seen several Landmark judgments. While the Court will still hear the case on the use of Aadhaar, the judgment by the nine-judge bench delivered...
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