-Outlook The schools are among the ones identified by a committee headed by Justice Anil Dev Singh as having overcharged parents on the pretext of implementing recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. Just a few days after the Delhi government issued show-cause notice to 449 private schools asking them to implement Justice Anil Dev Singh's order to roll back unjustified fee hike and pay back excess fees, many schools have started...
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They're demolishing Muslim stereotypes, a tweet at a time -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India Last week, a Hyderabad court acquitted 10 accused in the 2005 Hyderabad suicide bomber case. The blast had earlier been pinned on the Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI) of Bangladesh, but the police's special investigation team could not back its claims. While most newspapers and TV channels reported the news, the hardship suffered by the 10 Muslim men who languished for 12 years in prison, was largely buried. Twocircles.net,...
More »Did Demonetisation 'Substantially Increase' Number Of Tax Returns? A FactCheck -Arun Giri
-BoomLive.in In a press release dated August 7, 2017, The Central Board of Direct Taxes claimed that there has been a ‘substantial’ increase in the number of tax returns filed this year ( April 1 – Aug 5, 2017 ) on account of demonetisation. These first sentences from the CBDT press release are important and we will put them under a microscopic scrutiny in the next few paragraphs. As a result of...
More »Drought fears in Vidarbha, parts of Marathwada due to poor rains
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Entire Vidarbha and parts of Marathwada region are reeling under acute shortage of water owing to poor monsoon. In fact, water stock was zero in some of the dams in the Vidarbha region on Monday. Further, a large number of tankers have been sent to several villages in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions. Last year, 176 tankers were deployed across the state, while on August 7, 440 tankers...
More »How will farm loan waivers impact the Indian economy? -Tadit Kundu
-Livemint.com Farm loan waivers will strain the finances of states, and harm both farmers and banks over the long run In its policy statement released last week, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) pointed out that the implementation of farm loan waivers across states could hurt the finances of states and make them throw good money after bad, and stoke inflation. How much of an impact will...
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