-Business Standard We should work in unison to boost growth: FM Even as the Centre harped on devolving higher share of funds to states following the recommendations of the 14th finance commission, the latter demanded that they be given more money and the Union government should retain its share of funding for centrally-sponsored schemes in the upcoming Budget. At the pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday, states also sought more...
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Struggles of a sarpanch: When kitchen takes precedence over panchayat -Ejaz Kaiser
-Hindustan Times Raipur: In Kawardha, the home district of Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, a woman sarpanch has decided to delegate all her responsibilities to her nephew, citing her busy household routine as the reason. In an affidavit, sarpanch Santoshi Bai has handed over her powers to nephew Kaushal Nishad, saying she remains too engrossed in her household work. “At home, I am preoccupied with work and that diverts my attention from...
More »With 1.8cr new voters, electorate now at 85cr
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India has added around 1.8 crore new voters over the past year, taking the total strength of its electorate to 85 crore. Chief election commissioner S Nasim Zaidi on Monday said that around 50% of the voters in age group 18-19 years had been included in the new electoral rolls with reference to January 1, 2016, as against the 10-15% covered till a few years...
More »Will the drought relief fund ever trickle down to farmers? -Nidheesh MK
-Livemint.com The delays in Karnataka does not portend well for six other states which have been cleared for drought relief and three more who are yet to hear from the Centre Bengaluru: Farmers in Karnataka who lost crops due to poor rains during last year’s June-September monsoon are expected to get central relief only by May this year due to delays in gathering farmers’ bank account details and logistics hurdles due...
More »Political funding: There’s trust, but little else -Aditi Nigam
-The Hindu Business Line Electoral Trusts bring some transparency to India Inc’s donations to parties, but more needs to be done New Delhi: India Inc makes big donations to political parties, but very little is made public on the amount or to whom it is given. Electoral Trusts revealing such data were expected to bring in more transparency. A change in income-tax rules in January 2013 paved the way for the setting up...
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