-The Hindu Growth impulses also need to be ‘unfettered’ in current situation, says Sitharaman In a barely veiled signal to Mint Street, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that monetary policy tools like interest rate increases deployed by several central banks would not suffice to cool inflation and suggested that the Reserve Bank of India need not synchronise its actions ‘as much’ with its counterpARTs in developed countries.  While monetary policy as...

-Foundation for Agrarian Studies In December 2020, in line with the Central Farm Laws, the Government of Karnataka passed an amendment to the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) Act, 1966. This amendment reduced the scope of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) by effectively ending their status as the only place (with some exceptions) where wholesale agricultural trade was permitted by law. Despite the three Central Farm Laws being...

-The Hindu Job creation, equitable distribution of wealth, growth are key priorities, says Union Finance Minister Inflation is not a ‘red-lettered’ priority now for the government given that it has been brought down to a ‘manageable level’ over the past two months and job creation and equitable distribution of wealth were instead the key priorities as of now, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday.  “I am not sure I can have the...

-Press release by Freedom from Bondage movement dated 6 September, 2022 New Delhi: As we mark #75thIndependenceDay & #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, thousands of people who have been evicted from their homes in slums, Jhuggies, settlement colonies and informal sector workers who have been denied their livelihood without any rehabilitation have gathered at Jantar Mantar to raise their voice against the “Bulldozer Raj”.  The government is forcibly snatching the land of poor Dalits and...

-The Hindu Satyakam Arya, MD & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) asserted that the sales of medium and heavy trucks and buses between January and August 2022 were seeing strong growth The medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) segment is likely to witness a 50% jump in sales volume during the calendar year 2022, following a revival in demand in the last couple of months, said Satyakam Arya, MD & CEO,...