-PTI/ NDTV.com The Centre said judicial review of an economic policy may be restricted to where the court may only determine if there is a Rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved through the means. New Delhi: Fake currency, terror financing and black money are three evils and are like 'Jarasandha' (an antagonist in Mahabharat) and should be cut into pieces, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday while...
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Is there a compelling reason for environmental release of GM Mustard, SC asks Centre
-The Tribune Centre says the opposition by activists, experts and scientists to GM crops was ‘ideological’ rather than based on scientific Rationale New Delhi: As activists express concern over possible environmental contamination due to genetically modified (GM) crops, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought to know from the Centre if there was any compelling reason for the environmental release of GM Mustard. “What we want to know is whether in Indian conditions is...
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-PTI/ The Telegraph ConfedeRation of Indian Industry, which was part of the virtual pre-Budget meeting, calls for an aggressive focus on privatisation of public sector units The Budget should focus on measures to accelerate job creation and broaden the tax base by Rationalising GST and personal income tax slabs to boost consumption, industry bodies said in their pre-Budget meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. "The external scenario is likely to continue...
More »Can rich nations be held accountable for the pain caused to Maharashtra’s farmers by climate change? -Flavia Lopes & Nushaiba Iqbal
-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com At the coming COP27, India is pushing for a finance facility that could cover monetary losses caused by climate change. It had been drizzling all day on Wednesday, October 19. Suvarna Vikas Shingda, 30, from Palghar’s Ake-gavhan village sat on the front porch of her hut. In one corner, harvested rice was stacked in piles, the cut sheaves covered with grains. A few days prior, her neighbour had informed her that...
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-The Telegraph Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe are not getting food grains under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand government going high on its doorstep delivery campaign Apki Yojana, Apki Sarkar, Apke Dwar has reasons to ponder on execution of welfare schemes with several families of the particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) denied Rations for seven months. Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe, one of...
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