-TheWire.in Agricultural experts say that large corporations are being given 'agricultural' loans at cheaper interest rates and with easier regulations in the name of farmers. New Delhi: Government banks handed out Rs 58,561 crore to 615 accounts in agricultural loans in the year 2016. On average, each account has been given over Rs 95 crore in agricultural loans. This information was revealed by the Reserve Bank of India in response to a Right...
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RBI: Loan defaults by small businesses double in a year -George Mathew
-The Indian Express RBI said that the bulk of loan defaults, which rose from March 2017, is accounted by public sector banks which had a share of 65.32 per cent in outstanding loans to small units, down from 66.61 per cent in the previous year. Mumbai: MICRO AND small businesses continue to struggle in the wake of demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), with the latest RBI figures...
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-Livemint.com Ecologist Madhav Gadgil, whose report on Western Ghats was rejected by the Kerala government, on what caused the Kerala floods and how the rebuilding process should be carried out Ernakulam (Kerala): Submitted seven years ago on 31 August 2011, ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s report on the biodiverse Western Ghats—a portion of which falls in Kerala—had warned that the combination of massive ecological destruction and extreme weather events trigger disaster. His words proved...
More »BJP Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Won't Say How He Spent Rs 11 Cr Of His MPLADS Fund Despite CIC Order -Akshay Deshmane
-HuffingtonPost.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims he is running a transparent government, but his cabinet colleagues are withholding public information. NEW DELHI: Union cabinet minister and Lok Sabha member Narendra Singh Tomar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not disclosed how he has spent over Rs 11 cr of his discretionary fund in his Gwalior constituency, despite directions from the Central Information Commission (CIC), HuffPost India has found. This persistent denial of...
More »Uttar Pradesh encounter deaths: Similar words used in several FIRs, reports The Indian Express
-Scroll.in The newspaper analysed FIRs for 20 of the 63 encounter deaths since the Bharatiya Janata Party came into power in the state. Similar words and patterns can be seen in the police’s description of the circumstances surrounding several encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017, an analysis of 20 First Information Reports by The Indian Express showed. The state police has controversially gunned down 63 alleged criminals and injured 584...
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