-The Telegraph New Delhi: Four in every five workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act do not get wages on time because of "flawed guidelines", a study released today found. Although the 100-day job scheme provides for payment of compensation of 0.05 per cent of the unpaid wages per day for the period of delay, nearly 33 per cent of the workers do not get any compensation while 47...
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MGNREGA compensation delayed by Centre or states in around 50% cases: study
-PTI Researchers claimed that the compensation under MGNREGA was delayed either by the Centre or the state governments in almost half of the 92 lakh cases it studied New Delhi: Researchers claimed on Friday that the compensation under MGNREGA was delayed either by the Centre or the state governments in almost half of the 92 lakh cases it studied. The outcomes of an ongoing study were shared at a press conference called...
More »ATM expansion slows due to note Ban -Manojit Saha
-The Hindu Replacement of systems more than 7 years old, Centre’s digital push lead to cutting down on new installations A combination of factors, including cash crunch following demonetisation of high value notes announced in November last, have led to commercial Banks cutting down on the number of automated teller machines (ATMs) particularly those not located in branches (off-site ATMs), latest RBI data showed. According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there were...
More »What ails the Centre's generics Rx initiative? -PT Jyothi Datta
-The Hindu Business Line Policymaking has sensibly shifted away from Banning the prescription of brand names More than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired the salvo on getting doctors to prescribe medicines using their generic names, the discussion seems to be on a slow burner. From the strident position that all doctors will have to prescribe medicines using their generic or chemical names, there appears to be a more reconciled acceptance...
More »Indian seafood exporters may go under scanner in EU, exports to be impacted -Nirmalya Behera
-Business Standard EU commission is dissatisfied both with non-compliance and lack of progress by Indian authorities BhuBaneswar: Indian seafood exports may come under inspection in the European Union (EU), the third-largest market of India, because antibiotics are being frequently found in them. Speculation among UK importers is rife that the EU is considering a Ban on aquaculture products from India though there is nothing to support this. In 2016-17, the European Union accounted for...
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