-The Indian Express Report finds govt did not recover dues of Rs 750 cr from distributors. At a time when the opposition BJP plans to intensify protests against power tariff in Delhi, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's report for the 2011-12 fiscal has slammed the Delhi government for not recovering dues to the tune of Rs 750 crore from private distribution companies. The report, tabled on Tuesday in the Delhi...
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Delhi lacks basic services: CAG report-Devjyot Ghoshal and Ruchika Chitravanshi
-The Business Standard CAG state audit report NCT has also unearthed a glaring lack of planning cutting across projects, sectors It may be India's capital city, but behind the New Delhi's storied corridors of power and flush coffers, the metropolis is a difficult mess for the ordinary citizen. The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) state audit report for the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi government has unearthed a series of significant shortcoming...
More »Rural folks driving own economy with self-sustaining models -Rupali Mukherjee
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Indian villages are powering their own economy, but contrary to conventional belief , it's not government largesses which are the drivers, but their own self-sustaining models. Growth at the bottom of the pyramid is at unprecedented level, and the transformation is stark. The factors driving this transformation are dramatic improvements in rural roads, electrification, cell phones and water supply which are raising wages and increasing job opportunities...
More »Indian families spending less on health, education -Dipti Jain
-The Times of India Indian households are allocating less of their spending to education and healthcare and more to travel and eating out than they did in the past, the latest GDP data reveals. Expenses towards education and medical care have, in fact, been declining since 2008-09, according to the data, along with a decline in spending on food. Expenditure towards medical care and health services has declined from 3.9% of the...
More »Food bill: Why Budget 2013 is a make-or-break budget for UPA-Amulya Ganguli
-First Post With 10 state assembly elections this year and the general election in the next, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) faces possibly its sternest challenge since it returned to power in 2009. It goes without saying that the forthcoming electoral tests have been compounded by the perceptibly declining political standing of the ruling alliance caused by multiple scams and economic stagnation. In addition, defeats in a series of elections ranging...
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