-The Hindu Chennai: Depression is reported to be one of the significant health problems facing the employees of India Inc, says a report of Assocham. Demanding schedules, high stress levels and performance-linked perquisites are having a toll on the health of corporate India's employees. Obesity is the second life style disease they are facing. High blood pressure and diabetes are the third and fourth major diseases, respectively. "Nearly 42.5 per cent of employees...
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Scam stains famed Chhattisgarh PDS, systemic loot runs into crores -Parivesh Mishra
-FirstPost.com Raipur: Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aggressive pitch for growth and denouncement of the policy of handouts in the pre-general election campaign last year, Chhattisgarh's model of Public Distribution System (PDS) stood out as a shining and welcome misfit. The BJP showcased Chief Minister Raman Singh model of PDS as its answer to the Congress' Food Security Act. Besides the Gujarat model, this was the only model that found mention...
More »Land Bill row: BKU wants 100% farmers assent for acquisition
-PTI New Delhi: Farmers organisations, including BKU, on Wednesday staged a massive protest, demanding that Centre must take assent of 100 per cent farmers before land acquisition and the same should be done only for public purposes. Farmers gathered in droves at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the national capital under the banner of various farmer unions affiliated to India Coordination Committee of Farmers Movement (AICCFM). "Government introduced these amendments in the...
More »Budget session 'surgery' on govt mind
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre is weighing what appears a never-used parliamentary option to be able to re-promulgate the land acquisition ordinance before it lapses - having two budget sessions instead of a two-leg one. Ordinarily, the budget session is conducted in two halves, separated by a one-month recess. The first leg this year was to end on March 20 and the second leg to begin on April 20 and continue...
More »NC Saxena, former member of the Planning Commission and National Advisory Council, speaks to Kanika Datta
-Business Standard NC Saxena, former member of the Planning Commission and National Advisory Council has been critical of the land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement Act. He tells Kanika Datta why things are unlikely to improve with the amendments recently passed by the Lok Sabha. Edited excerpts: * You were critical of the LARR Act but less so of the ordinance. Why? Let me clarify. The 2013 Act was anti-farmer and anti-industry. The ordinance...
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