-The Hindu Advisory in the backdrop of suicides in Telangana Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India has advised public to be wary of unauthorised digital lending platforms and mobile apps. Taking note of reports about individuals and small businesses falling prey to a growing number of unauthorised digital lending platforms/mobile apps, the central bank on Wednesday said “members of public are cautioned not to fall prey to such unscrupulous activities.” It urged them...
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Electoral Bonds: 'No Public Interest' in Revealing Details of Political Donors, Says Top RTI Body
-TheWire.in While dismissing an appeal, the statutory body also held that revealing the details of donors would violate the provisions of the Right to Information Act. New Delhi: In a significant ruling, the Central Information Commission has held that disclosing the identities of the electoral bond scheme donors is not in the public Interest. The statutory body for the implementation for the RTI Act also held that revealing the details of donors would...
More »Amending Few Clauses Not Sufficient, Repeal Farm Acts: Senior Economists to Agri Minister
-TheWire.in The economists, who have engaged with issues of agricultural policy, said that the Centre's reforms were based on "wrong assumptions" about why farmers were unable to get remunerative prices. New Delhi: A group of senior economists have released an open letter to the Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar calling for the repeal of the three contentious farm bills “which are not in the best Interests of the small and marginal...
More »New Welfarism of Modi govt represents distinctive approach to redistribution and inclusion -Abhishek Anand , Vikas Dimble and Arvind Subramanian
-The Indian Express Traditional redistribution, which aims to deliver on intangibles like health and education, has ceded to a distinctive ‘New Welfarism’, where Centre is demonstrably providing tangible essentials to citizens The recently released fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) provides reliable and independent evidence to assess micro-development performance under this government. The survey covers many dimensions of health, nutrition, and the overall quality of lives. Here we focus...
More »Bihar to change Kosi’s course to save ancient site, says Nitish -CK Manoj
-Down to Earth Government hasn’t learnt any lessons about a river known to change course itself, say environmentalists The Bihar government will try to divert the course of the mighty Kosi river in Bhagalpur district to save an archaeological site discovered recently, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said December 20, 2020. He made the announcement at Guwaradih village in Naugachhia sub-division of Bhagalpur district. Several priceless artefacts have been found at the site during...
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