-Business Standard When machines don't recognise their thumb prints, Aadhaar turns into a device of exclusion Wardi Devi, a senior citizen, hails from a remote town of Rajasthan. She’s tried to enrol for the Aadhaar thrice and even paid Rs. 150 and Rs. 50 to agents while making the first two attempts. Tired of coughing out her hard earned money from her meagre wages, she refused to pay anything the third time....
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Govt notices to BJP, Congress, AAP on overseas funding
-PTI NEW delhi: Centre has asked the ruling BJP, the Congress, AAP and a few other political parties to furnish details about the source of their overseas funding. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in separate communications, has asked the political parties to give details of their sources of funding, including those from abroad or foreign business enterprises, official sources said. The sources, however, said this was part of the routine communication sent to...
More »Tricks of a trade -Divya Trivedi
-Frontline Cattle traders see a nexus between cow vigilantes and animal rights organisations in delhi, where vigilantes unleashed violence in April. In the past year, 40,000 animals seized by them were not returned to the owners, and traders believe that they were sold. A PLANNED and brutal assault on cattle traders in Kalkaji in delhi on April 22 by a mob of gau rakshaks (cow protectors) has brought to the fore...
More »6 months of demonetisation: Cash back to being king, shortage at ATMs continues -Suchetana Ray and Mahua Venkatesh
-Hindustan Times Prominent Indian banks have claimed there is no cash crunch, but fact remains that ATMs run dry during long weekends. The crisis began in November when the Union government pulled 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes from circulation as a part of its crackdown on black money. New delhi: It has been six months since demonetisation, but, “Is there cash in the ATM?” continues to be the most popular question...
More »UNESCAP: Note ban effect 'transient'; India to grow 7.1% in 2017 -Surabhi Prasad
-The Hindu Business Line Sees enhanced infra spending, higher consumption New delhi: While noting that demonetisation of high value currency by the government last year will help bring in more taxpayers into the tax net, the United Nations ESCAP in a new report has said that more measures will be required to fight black money in the future. “The measure did not, by itself, impede future black money flows in new denominations. …...
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