-Down to Earth A high level UN panel on Access to Medicines wants members to make full use of TRIPS flexibilities to protect public health If ever India needed a clear endorsement of its laws on intellectual property rights (IPRs) and their application in meeting public health priorities, it has come from the highest quarters. The report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel (HLP) on Access to Medicines has, directly...
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Bengal misses 'clean' cut
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government has declared 362 towns and cities in 15 states free of open defecation, with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra topping the chart and Bengal scoring a duck. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to make the whole of India open-defecation-free by 2019. In Gujarat, 167 urban local bodies have been provided with open-defecation-free certificates, followed by 91 in Andhra Pradesh and 70 in Maharashtra. (See chart) "A ward...
More »10-rupee bait for cashless campaign -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Each citizen who performs at least two cashless transactions with the government will earn their district administration an extra Rs 10 from the Niti Aayog, to be spent on promoting e-payments across the population. This incentive comes over and above a sum of Rs 5 lakh that every district will receive for the campaign, launched today to try and make all government-citizen transactions cashless. As part of the drive,...
More »Centre, states to list industries for cashless wage payment
-PTI Amritsar: Aiming to move towards a cashless India, the Centre and states could soon have powers to specify categories of employers who will have to pay wages either through cheques or by crediting the amount directly into the workers’ bank account. “The Government is ready with the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which seeks to empower the Centre as well as states to specify industrial or other establishments where employers...
More »Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password -Mahendra K Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. The move is part of the drive, anchored by Niti Aayog, to make India a cashless economy after the government scrapped high-value...
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