-The Hindustan Times The Mamata Banerjee led administration came under fire yet again after a review committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) issued a ‘refusal of certificate’ to a film Kangal Malsat for being critical of the Trinamool government and Mamata Banerjee led movements. “The way the departure of Tata Company was shown in the film it seemed to malign or at least look down upon a significant...
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'Food bill to cost 2.38L cr/yr'-Subodh Varma
-The Times of India How much would it cost the central government to provide grain to the whole country at affordable prices? A calculation by the Delhi-based advocacy group Centre for Budget & Governance Accountability (CBGA) puts the figure at Rs 2,38,471 crore for one year. In the current financial year (2012-13), the Centre spent Rs 75,366 crore on the food subsidy, that is, about 0.74% of the gross domestic product....
More »Govt mulls allowing private traders in export of FCI wheat
-PTI The government today said it is working on a proposal to allow private traders in additional wheat export from the central stocks as part of its efforts to create space for the new crop. So far, the government has allowed export of 4.5 million tonnes of wheat from the Central Pool stocks mainly by State-run trading corporations. "We are thinking of allowing private traders in export of additional wheat from the Food...
More »Food for granted-Sebastian PT, N Madhavan and E Kumar Sharma
-Business Today What does the proposed food security law mean for the government's finances? Most days, around half a dozen middleaged men in Tamil Nadu's Nemam village head for a slushy pond. They are farm labourers who have had little work for the past few months because of a drought in their Tiruvarur district. As an alternative they catch fish, but the income from it is not enough to survive on. "But...
More »Court upholds Andhra law on microfinance-Viswanath Pilla and Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-Live Mint High court asks state to review law in light of proposed national regulations to govern the sector The Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday upheld a law that led to the near demise of the microfinance industry towards the end of 2010, but asked the state government to review the legislation in the light of proposed national regulations to govern the sector. News of the review sent the stock of the...
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