-The Economic Times Last year, India jumped 30 places ahead in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings, powered by numerous reforms introduced by the government. Even though the government is focused on making India an attractive destination for foreign companies, the situation on the ground may not be as 'easy' as it seems. Caught in red tape, an American manufacturing giant has threatened to leave India for Malaysia. The $26-billion Flex,...
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Why the Modi Govt Shouldn't be so Quick To Dismiss World Bank's Human Capital Index -Diego Maiorano
-TheWire.in The finance ministry can continue to quibble, but the stark fact is that decades of underspending in education and health may result in India wasting its demographic dividend. On October 11, the World Bank launched the latest of its country rankings: the Human Capital Index (HCI). The objective of the index is to show how low education and health outcomes – or human capital – impact productivity, growth and prosperity. The...
More »In Madhya Pradesh's theatre of farm rage, BJP puts its money on crop insurance -Ravish Tiwari
-The Indian Express Apart from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the BJP is also counting on the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), to neutralise rural anger ahead of the elections. Dewas, Ujjain: After the violent protests of June 2017 and unremunerative prices for most crops in the last one and a half years, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has one trump card — a Rs 5,000 crore-plus insurance payout...
More »Blown off by the Titli winds: Hundreds of birds die in Odisha -Sib Kumar Das
-The Hindu Over 5,000 open-billed storks and other birds killed by the gusts BERHAMPUR: Among the casualties of cyclone Titli are hundreds of open-billed storks which were killed and many injured near the Jagannathpur railway station on the city’s outskirts here. The dead birds were seen scattered all around the railway station and adjoining fields. The injured appear to have taken shelter under the railway wagons and nearby shady places. Some of these...
More »Explained: When and where the sexual harassment law holds, against whom -Vrinda Grover
-The Indian Express An Expert Explains: If a woman is harassed by a man who is not in the same organisation, whom does she approach? Does the law cover a complaint that is made several years after the alleged incident? New Delhi: If a woman is harassed by a man who is not in the same organisation, whom does she approach? Does the law cover a complaint that is made several years...
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