-Tribune India Policy shift towards market-oriented management will hit marginal farmers hard There is unfolding of the policy of the NDA government towards agriculture. Contrary to election speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has kept quiet about the Swaminathan Commission report about fixing the MSP of agricultural commodities at cost plus 50 per cent. At the same time, the government has given indication towards reduced FCI operations. It has been...
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When The Haze Takes Over -Pavithra S Rangan
-Outlook The NDA seems bent on subverting the RTI Act. Is the slow dismembering of the CIC part of the plan? We Have No Recall For the first time since its inception, CIC's functions expropriated by the govt A search committee set up to appoint a new CIC chief says meeting details cannot be revealed; "highly confidential" RTI appeals pertaining to prime depts...
More »Centre blames states for violating Supreme Court orders on Aadhar, but is just as guilty -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in On Monday, the Supreme Court felt the need to reiterate - for the third time - that the Aadhar card cannot be made compulsory for anyone, particularly citizens who wish to avail themselves of government subsidies. Hearing a petition filed by a Bangalore resident, the court warned the central government of action if officials continued to demand Aadhar cards from people eligible for subsidies, scholarships, welfare Pensions and other government...
More »Building on Aadhaar -Bibek Debroy
-The Indian Express As of the first half of March, 786 million of those who are 18 and older have got Aadhaar numbers. The largest absolute numbers are in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. There are two broad channels for Aadhaar enrolment - the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) itself and the Registrar General of India (RGI). For instance, in Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,...
More »No plans to withdraw LPG subsidy to well off people: Sinha
-PTI As on February 23, 2015, approximately 1.46 lakh consumers have voluntarily given up LPG subsidy on their domestic LPG connections. There are no plans to withdraw the facility of subsidised LPG cylinders to financially well off people, even as 1.46 lakh such consumers have voluntarily given up the subsidy, the government said on Tuesday. "As on February 23, 2015, approximately 1.46 lakh consumers have voluntarily given up LPG subsidy on their domestic...
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