-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government's plan to get the joint house panel to process the contentious land acquisition bill and submit its report on the opening day of monsoon session of Parliament on July 21 faces a fresh hurdle. Bowing to demands from the Opposition members, the panel's term was on Monday extended by a week to July 28. This means the government will now have a window of just...
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Let’s not miss the wood -Arvind Khare
-The Hindu Narendra Modi has asked for land rights to be granted quickly to tribals, but for that to happen, the forest bureaucracy’s stranglehold on power must first go On June 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) to ensure that all States implement the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and grant land rights to tribals over the next two months. Mr. Modi’s announcement is welcome, but nevertheless...
More »Towards a strategy for climate change talks -Montek S Ahluwalia
-Business Standard Nations below a level of per-capita GDP representing a peaking point could be allowed to expand total emissions The world's climate change negotiators will meet again in December in Paris. The good news is that all countries, including developing countries, have agreed to announce their "intended nationally determined contributions" (INDCs). The bad news is that they are nowhere near an agreement on action by individual countries that could limit global...
More »Toilet Scam in Madhya Pradesh District, Rs. 1 Crore Embezzled, Say sources -Siddharth Ranjan Das
-NDTV Raisen, Madhya Pradesh: A toilet scam has apparently been flourishing in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district. This was the conclusion the state government came to, after disbursing nearly 1 crore over the last three years under the State's Samagra Swachta Abhiyaan, sources told NDTV. On paper the district has 4000 toilets -- only a FRAction of them can be found on the ground. "The Sub Divisional Magistrate has served notices to 44 sarpanchs,...
More »Inequality is bad for growth -Himanshu
-Livemint Tackling inequality and inclusive growth is an economic necessity for the country After Pope FRAncis, it is now the turn of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to raise concerns about high income inequality. Dubbed as “FRAncis the Marxist”, for his tweet “Inequality is the root of social evil”, the Pope has been raising issues of inequality and its consequences. The latest discussion paper by IMF not only supports the ethical...
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