-The Indian Express PDS has improved in the state, but it’s still not up to the mark. Recent media reports suggest that the public distribution system (PDS) in West Bengal is now “doing enormously well” — as one headline put it. Some also claim that this has contributed to the victory of the Trinamool Congress in the latest assembly elections. Since we were involved in the survey cited in these reports, we...
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Aadhaar now must for government schemes, benefits -Rajeev Deshpande & Sidhartha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The use of Aadhaar card is set to become mandatory for all central and state government subsidies and benefits which require funding from the central exchequer with the Centre notifying the unique identity (UID) regulations. While the law had empowered the Centre to mandate use of Aadhaar, the rules clearly stipulate that any agency, such as the oil ministry dealing with cooking gas or HRD's scholarship...
More »India-US renewable energy dispute reaches WTO yet again
-Down to Earth India has complained about subsidies and domestic content requirements in eight US states which favour American companies over imports Earlier this year, the US won a major case against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It had complained that the domestic content requirements (DCR) in India’s solar MISsion favoured Indian manufacturers, violating trade agreements signed by both parties. Now, India has complained to the WTO on similar grounds....
More »NCRB goofs up on number of arrests under cyber law Sec 66A -Aloke Tikku
-Hindustan Times The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) conceded on Friday that its crime statistics for 2014 and 2015 had MISreported cases registered under Section 66A, a cyber law under the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by the Supreme Court last year. The NCRB’s ‘Crime in India’ report released last month had put the number of people arrested under Section 66A at 3,137 in 2015 and 2423 in 2014. This implied...
More »Inflation down, RBI rate cut hopes up -Asit Ranjan MIShra
-Livemint.com Retail inflation decelerated sharply to 5.05% in August, while industrial production contracted by 2.4% in July, the lowest in eight months New Delhi: India’s new macroeconomic numbers, the last before the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) meets for its 4 October review of monetary policy, pose a dilemma for its new governor Urjit Patel. Retail inflation decelerated sharply to 5.05% in August, while industrial production contracted by 2.4% in July, the lowest...
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