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Curbing black money: printing of Rs 2,000 notes stopped, says RTI reply -Kumar Vikram

-The New Indian Express According to the central bank’s RTI reply, 3,542.991 million notes of Rs 2,000 were printed during the financial year 2016-17. NEW DELHI: Have you been wondering why the ATMs have been barely dispensing Rs 2,000 notes for last few months? That’s because the printing of the high-value note has been stopped, the Reserve Bank of India informed this newspaper in reply to an RTI query.     The Bharatiya Reserve Bank...

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IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan resigns over 'lack of freedom of expression' -SR Praveen

-The Hindu “We got into the service thinking that we can provide voice to people, but then we ended up with our own voice being taken away from us,” said the Kerala-born IAS officer THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan from the AGMUT cadre, who came into the limelight for his anonymous participation in the flood relief efforts in Kerala last year, has resigned from service. The officer, who has been serving as...

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Rahul's minimum income plan is fatally flawed -SA Aiyar

-The Times of India blog Indira Gandhi’s ‘Garibi Hatao’ swept the polls in 1971. Rahul Gandhi hopes to follow suit with NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), promising a minimum income of Rs 72,000 per year to the 50 million poorest families. Garibi Hatao flopped badly. So will NYAY unless totally rethought. Indian parties have a consensus on cash grants to the needy. Schemes in Telangana, Odisha and Jharkhand have been followed by Modi’s...

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Demonetisation: New currency notes issued in 2016 have become 'unusable' in 2 years

-National Herald It has now come to light that new currency notes with higher ‘security’ features introduced after demonetisation are quickly becoming ‘unusable’ within just two years of circulation It does seem like the PM Narendra Modi-led government simply cannot get anything right. It has now come to light that new currency notes with higher ‘security’ features introduced after demonetisation are quickly becoming 'unusable' within just two years of circulation. According to sources,...

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Meet this iron lady who helps create 'happy learning spaces' for Ladakh's kids -Rohit E David

-The Times of India GURUGRAM: Many years back, Sujata Sahu was hiking the heights of Ladakh when she came upon local teachers heading back to Leh to get midday-meal supplies and uniforms for their students, a journey that usually takes a minimum of four days. Seeing such commitment inspired this resident of Sohna Road to start an initiative to improve education for kids in the remotest of villages. "Since then, I have...

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