-The Telegraph Lower compensation beyond 2022 could be one way out A showdown is looming in Delhi over the GST, the country’s biggest tax revamp since independence that was implemented three years ago. Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac has already fired the opening shots. He will be in the capital next Wednesday for a GST Council meeting and he’s declared that he will be heading to the Supreme Court if he doesn’t...
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Mother Dairy, Amul hike milk prices across various states
-PTI The new prices will be effective from December 15 India’s leading dairy firm Amul on Saturday announced hiking milk prices by Rs.2 per litre across various States, while Mother Dairy increased rates by up to Rs.3 per litre in Delhi-NCR due to rise in procurement cost. The new prices will be effective from Sunday, Mother Dairy and Amul said in separate statements. Please click here to read more. ...
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-The Indian Express The 2019 Human Development Report points to the limits of economic growth in lifting all boats. It also offers a way forward. Grappling with Delhi’s poor air quality for these last couple of months, I have become aware of a stark difference in the way I cope with air pollution, and the way many others do not — because they cannot. Despite the growing evidence detailing the catastrophic impact...
More »North-East Bandh Protests in Assam, Manipur after Lok Sabha clears Citizenship Bill
-The Indian Express North-East Bandh Today, Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) Protests Live News Updates: The CAB is a contentious issue in Northeast India with influential socio-political groups and political parties holding it as a threat to the interests of the indigenous communities of the region. Agartala, Guwahati, Imphal, New Delhi: Security has been beefed up across the states of North-East as an 11-hour bandh called in protest against the contentious Citizenship...
More »Modi govt likely to slash school education budget by Rs 3,000 crore citing funds crunch -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in A sum of Rs 56,536 crore was sanctioned to the school education department in 2019-20, from which the finance ministry is likely to cut Rs 3,000 crore. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is likely to cut the school education budget for 2019-20 by Rs 3,000 crore on account of a “funds crunch”, ThePrint has learnt. Highly-placed sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry — which oversees education — said...
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