-The Hindu Business Line Switching off internet services as per government orders hurts dependent businesses to the tune of Rs. 2.45 crore per hour, according to Telecom companies. A telecom industry association representative said, “It is estimated that the loss has INCreased to Rs. 2.45 crore per hour by the end of 2019 as the dependence of various services on internet has significantly INCreased.” Telecom companies have to abide by the government orders...

-Livemint.com Using India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) as a case study, new research shows social transfers may reduce labour supply, but INCrease wages A common belief about social transfers is that they make their recipients lazy, decrease labour supply and do not reduce poverty. According to research that examines India’s largest social transfer programme, the public distribution system (PDS), social transfers indeed reduce labour supply but this INCreases wages and alleviates poverty. In...

-The Indian Express Speaking to reporters after visiting the hospital on Friday, Secretary, Medical Education Department, Vaibhav Galriya, said there were several problems at the hospital, INCluding improper maintenance of equipment and shortage of oxygen lines. Jaipur: THE Rajasthan government has set up a high-level committee to inquiry into the deaths of 77 infants in the first 24 days of December at J K Lon Government Hospital in Kota. Ten of the...

-The Hindu This is a watershed moment for the judiciary not to falter and for judges to undo the wrongs of the past The recent enactment of the amendments to the Citizenship Act have left many, and certainly myself, very disturbed. The legislation itself is undoubtedly problematic and is compounded by the linkages with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). I was a part of a People’s Tribunal on the deployment of...

-The Hindu The government has to garner resources and give a boost to the economy by INCreasing its investments The Centre and the States are so short of resources that their fiscal deficit is burgeoning. The Prime Minister, at a function of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India recently, was optimistic but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor was less positive, admitting that the country’s economic problems are...