-The Times of India There is a trace of pride in Nisha Chaurasiya's voice as she complains of how she and her co-workers in an anganwadi in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh struggled to provide food to babies and children, and to expectant women, since demonetisation took effect on November 8. "The self-help groups borrowed money from everybody, stood in bank queues, pleaded with officials and even spent from their own meagre savings...
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Reality check: Indian economy is not larger than that of the UK -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu The claim made by a magazine and carried by sections of media is not backed by data. The claim that the Indian economy has overtaken the U.K. economy in terms of absolute size, as made by a contributor to Forbes magazine and carried by sections of the Indian media, is not backed by data, an analysis by The Hindu of GDP data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the...
More »I-T lens on 68 lakh non-filers who made high-value transactions
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The income tax department has identified an additional 67.54 lakh non-filers who carried out high-value transactions in the 2014-15 financial year, but did not file tax returns for 2015-16. The I-T department is set to initiate action against these people soon. The information was collected from banks and other financial institutions. data analysis carried out by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) identifies non-filers about whom specific...
More »Delhi Police spent Rs 300 crore on hiring cars instead of buying. But why? -Varun Bidhuri
-India Today Mail Today has a copy of the RTI documents that show Delhi Police paid Rs295.66 crore to Jay Pee and Co and Rs 37.22 cr in the form of rent to other companies for using buses, mini buses New Delhi: When it comes to renting vehicles, Delhi Police apparently doesn't drive a hard bargain. The department's data show it spent Rs300 crore on hiring 400 cars in six years...
More »Sowing of winter crops complete in 81% area so far -Prerna Kapoor
-Livemint.com Sowing of wheat, the main winter or rabi crop, 0.9% lower than the normal area of 25.8 million hectares; rice sowing lagging by 33% New Delhi: Sowing of winter crops is 81% complete and overall planting is close to the normal acreage for this time of the year, shows data released by the farm ministry on Friday. Sowing of rice has been affected due to a deficit in the north-east monsoon in...
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