-NDTV/ IANS It was the tribals in Khunti -- a district practically in the backyard of state capital Ranchi -- who started using ''pathalgadi'' as a form of protest against the centre Ranchi: Mere hours after being sworn-in, Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Government announced its first cabinet decision late Sunday evening - to drop all cases against tribals in connection with the Pathalgadi movement of 2017. In a tweet posted...
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Internet shutdowns lead to losses of Rs.2.45 crore per hour: Telcos
-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...
More »MoSPI constitutes Standing Committee on Economic Statistics headed by Pronab Sen
-PTI The first meeting of the SCES is scheduled on January 6, 2020 The statistics ministry has constituted a 28 member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCES) chaired by former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen to improve quality of data amid criticism of the Government over political interference. “The first meeting of the SCES is scheduled on January 6, 2020. The agenda would be very broad based. We will come to know about that only...
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-The Indian Express Government does well to constitute panel on economic statistics, and even better to include critics on it The Narendra Modi Government deserves credit for constituting a new Standing Committee on Economic Statistics “to review the extant framework relating to data sources, indicators, concepts/definitions and other issues” connected with measurement of economic activity. Significantly, the panel is headed by the former chief statistician of India, Pronab Sen, and has at...
More »Centre pushes for transfer of Sebi's surplus into its accounts -Rajeev Jayaswal
-Hindustan Times Sebi and some of the other regulators initially opposed the plan, citing concerns about loss of autonomy, but the Government wants to go ahead with its plan, and finalise the transfer before the next budget is presented on February 1, 2020. New Delhi: The Government is pushing ahead with its plan, underlined in Union Budget 2019, to transfer 75% of market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) surplus...
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