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Ex-Union secretary EAS Sarma flags poll bond ‘foul play’ -Pheroze L Vincent

-The Telegraph ‘Ill-timed, improper’ amendment notified by Centre a bid by ruling party to take ‘undue advantage’, says former economic affairs secretary New Delhi: Former Union economic affairs secretary E.A.S. Sarma has asked the Election Commission of India to prevent the fresh sale of electoral bonds, as allowed under an amendment notified by the Centre on Monday that he described as “ill-timed, improper” and as a bid by the ruling party to...

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No ‘significant cuts’ expected in Budget Estimate for Central Ministries/Departments -Shishir Sinha

-The Hindu Business Line New accounting mechanism will help govt manage some savings; Revised Estimate for FY23 to be present in Budget for FY24 Initial indications from Inter-Ministerial meetings on the Budget show no significant cuts in allocations for various Ministries. It will be reflected in Revised Estimate (RE). Still, Finance Ministry could get high savings thanks to the new accounting mechanism. Inter-Ministerial meetings to finalise Revised Estimate for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and...

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Rice and wheat stocks dip by 37 per cent -R Suryamurthy

-The Telegraph Monthly economic review of finance ministry says that there is no 'room for complacency on inflation front' The rice and wheat stocks of the central government have shrunk alarmingly by as much as 37 per cent in a year as rising food inflation signals growing shortages in the economy. Wheat and rice stocks in government-owned godowns stood at 511.36 lakh tonnes on October 1, data from the Food Corporation of India...

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Midday meal cooking cost hiked after finance ministry nod -Fareeha Iftikhar

-Hindustan Times The cost has been revised following recommendations by a review committee constituted last year that included representatives from the ministries of education, finance and labour, besides independent experts. The central government has increased the cost of cooking school midday meals by 9.6% from October 1 that will be valid for financial year 2022-23, the education ministry has told the state governments and union territories, which will offer some relief to...

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Through a rosy lens -Anup Sinha

-The Telegraph The airbrushing of the Indian economy is damaging The latest Monthly Economic Review from the MINISTRY OF FINANCE gives the reader a great deal of comfort by indicating that all is well with the Indian economy. If there is any cause for concern at all, it is from external economic and political shocks: events like the Federal Reserve in the United States of America raising interest rates, or Russia invading...

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