-Bloomberg The corpse of Indian farmer Bengali Singh burned to ash atop a blazing funeral pyre on the banks of the river Ganges in 2006. Five years later, the dead man was recorded as being paid by India's $33 billion rural jobs program to dig an irrigation canal in Jharkhand state. Officials in his village and the surrounding region used at least 500 identities, including those of Singh, a disabled child of...
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Government eases curbs on sugar sector- Ragini Verma
-Live Mint CCEA clears recommendations on sugar sector made by Rangarajan panel; subsidy burden to rise Pushing ahead with long-pending reforms of the sugar industry, the cabinet on Thursday approved the dismantling of rules requiring sugar mills to sell the sweetener at below-market prices through the public distribution system (PDS) and abolished curbs on open market sale. The cabinet committee on economic affairs cleared the recommendations made by a panel headed by C....
More »EU, Australia, Canada may follow India’s Patent Law -Divya Rajagopal
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: India's strong stance on minor drug innovations could reverberate in national parliaments and courthouses of the developed world as Australia, the EU and Canada get ready to discuss and ban patent protection for frivolous improvements. A top Australian government body on Wednesday asked for changes in its patent laws relating to drugs saying that the indiscriminate grant of patents to incremental innovations should be checked and that...
More »Glivec lesson for pharma: Patented drugs must be priced smartly-Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
-The Economic Times To ensure access to healthcare for all, India must harness innovation in discovering drugs, in developing therapeutics and in delivering affordable healthcare. It is in the light of these facts that one should evaluate the impact of the Indian Supreme Court's ruling in the case involving patent protection for Novartis AG's cancer drug, Glivec. Glivec was the first-of-its-kind cancer drug for leukaemia patients with patent protection in nearly 40...
More »CAG blasts Narendra Modi govt for causing Rs 17,000 cr loss to Gujarat
-The Indian Express The CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) has slammed the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government for causing a loss to the exchequer to the tune of Rs 17,000 cr. In its report for 2009-10 and 2010-11, placed before the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, CAG said corruption and irregularities have caused huge losses to the state. CAG blasted the Narendra Modi government for not being able to stop these irregularities. Narendra Modi has...
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