-The Times of India New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi to prepare a set of guidelines that needs to be followed before deleting names from the voters' list and inform the electors of the prosposed deletion giving opportunity to present their case. The Commission directed the CEO to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to one Sumit whose name was deleted from the...
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Congress, CPI (M), JD(U) for 'total withdrawal' of Land Bill proposed by Centre
-PTI Sources in Congress said that it had sought restoration of the consent of 80 per cent of land owners to be obtained for private projects and that of 70 per cent for PPP ones. Congress, CPI-M and JD-U have sought a "total withdrawal" of proposed changes by the NDA government in the 2013 Land Act and inclusion of some additional measures to further strengthen the law in favour of farmers. In...
More »SECC Blows 'Myth of Inclusive Growth'; Govt Must Drop 'Fraudulent Policies': CPI (M)
-Outlook New Delhi: Stating that the data thrown up by the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) had blown the myth of inclusive growth, CPI(M) today asked the government to drop "fraudulent policies" and put in place a universal PDS system and also strengthen the rural job scheme. The party said that the figures coming out of the survey point towards the need for reversing the economic policies followed until now. "Data from SECC...
More »Sangh affiliate Swadeshi Manch, CPI's Kisan Sabha slam land Bill
-Business Standard Swadeshi Jagran Manch asked the Centre to come out with a comprehensive land use policy instead of a piecemeal approach to the issue The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliated economic policy group, along with Communist Party of India (CPI) affiliated All India Kisan Sabha on Tuesday made common cause in criticising the land Bill brought by the Narendra Modi government. In its presentation to the parliamentary...
More »Who said inflation is down? -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line Though the overall price trend is declining, for many items of daily consumption, especially food, it has risen Wholesale and consumer price indices are trending lower, but this has not brought relief to the common man. In May, the wholesale price index recorded negative growth for the seventh consecutive month. The consumer price index edged marginally higher in May to 5.01 per cent, from 4.87 per cent a...
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