-Hindustan Times As the public sector has contracted, there has been no other good employer that has emerged to take its place despite the economic expansion of manufacturing and services sectors. Despite several decades of rapid growth of the private sector in India, the allure of a public sector job, historically associated with security, steady pay, and multiple benefits, continues to remain strong for most Indians. The protests following the announcement of...
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On the margins -Dibyendu Chaudhuri and Parijat Ghosh
-The Telegraph Seventy-five years of planned development have not helped in the betterment of the adivasi community Adivasis living in Central India make up one of the most marginalised sections in the country. But they live in the most resource-rich areas that attract industrialists and the State. Although scheduled tribes constitute 8.6% of the total population, they make up 50% of the people who have been displaced or dispossessed from their land...
More »Public sector banks have ensured financial inclusion, finds a new empirical study
Are public sector banks (PSBs) important for the economy? Have the PSBs served the purpose for which they were created? Could the PSBs compete efficiently against the private sector banks (PVBs)? These are some of the questions, which have been answered by a chapter in the RBI Bulletin's August edition. Efficiency of PSBs Co-authored by Snehal S Herwadkar, Sonali Goel, and Rishuka Bansal (2022) of the Banking Research Division, Reserve Bank of...
More »‘Gap’ in Jharkhand ration claim and reality -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph The activists flagged a reply by the Jharkhand food, and civil supplies department during the monsoon session about payment of food security allowances Jamshedpur: Food security activists in Jharkhand are pained at the difference between the government's claim in the state Assembly on the implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013, and stark realities at the ground level. The activists have flagged a reply by the Jharkhand food, and civil...
More »Review: Standing Committee asks FCI to work towards reduced wastage & stringent action against delinquent officials -Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
-Factly.in The parliamentary standing committee on Food, Consumer Affairs, and Public Distribution presented a report regarding the Procurement, Storage and Distribution of Food grains by the FCI in August 2021. The government has now presented its action taken report. Here is a review. Food security is an important element of a nation’s stability and prosperity. The starting point for ensuring food security is the procurement stage, followed by storage, and distribution. In...
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