-Financial Chronicle From the inner recesses of Chattisgarh to the upper crevices of Sikkim, a look at how MGNREGA initiatives are changing lives The large blackboard outside the police station reads like a rate list. There are different monetary awards for Naxalites' surrender with different weaponry, the highest, Rs 4.5 lakh, for surrender with a light machine gun, Rs 3 lakh with an AK 47, and only Rs 30,000 with a 12...

-The Pioneer Bhubaneswar: With the increasing demand for building and construction materials in a rapid urbanisation and industrialisation process in the State, the use of minor minerals has been increasing. The housing and road communication projects, both in rural and urban areas and industrial hubs, have created huge demand for minor minerals that have raised concern for an effective minor mineral management policy. It is a fact that in many areas there...

-Livemint.com Real wages have grown at an average 1% annually between 1983 and 2013 Industrial workers on the shop floor have got a raw deal through the economic boom of the past three decades. Their real wages have grown far less than the growth in productivity. That flies in the face of the traditional economic assumption that the two move in tandem. The share of wages in the net value added by...

-The Hindustan Times At a time when global political and business leaders are discussing at the World Economic Forum in Davos ways to be more socially responsible and reduce social divide, a report says most Indian businesses lag behind in fulfilling their corporate social responsibility (CSR). According to the report published by German development aid agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs...

-The Asian Age The sharp and sudden collapse of international prices of crude oil brings significant short-term gains for the Indian economy. However, in the medium and long run, the fall in oil prices has ramifications that are far from positive for this country. The windfall gains that have accrued will provide temporary relief for finance minister Arun Jaitley and will enable him to meet the fiscal deficit target in the...