-TheWire.in Congress and AAP aim to write off farm loans if they come to power in Punjab. But such measures will only be useful only if accompanied by policy reforms like a sustainable farming system and assured monthly income for farmers. Nirmal Singh, the leader of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta) from Sangrur district in Punjab, committed suicide last week. He was among the few farmer leaders who campaigned against the emerging...
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Parties can't use government fund, machinery to promote their poll symbol, orders Election Commission -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday ordered that no political party shall henceforth either use or allow the use of public funds or public place or government machinery for promoting itself or the symbol allotted to it. The commission's directive came on a direction of the Delhi High Court asking it to issue norms for restraining Political Parties from using public money to propagate their poll symbol. Sources...
More »Key to urbanisation is monetising land value: NITI Aayog CEO
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The key to urbanisation is the ability to monetise land value, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Friday. "If you look at the two bordering cities across Delhi - Gurgaon and Noida - they have not been able to monetise land value and plough it back to develop the cities," Kant said at a session on 'Cities as engines of growth' at the India Economic...
More »CAG lens on entities avoiding tax with ?farm income? claim -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The comptroller and auditor general has initiated an audit of entities claiming tax exemption on agricultural income amid suggestions from some Political Parties and income tax authorities that a blanket exemption be done away with and tax be levied after a threshold. The auditor has written to the finance ministry seeking details of entities which have declared agricultural income and the amount of tax exemption...
More »Clean India cannot be achieved by budget allocation alone: PM
-PTI Invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha against the colonial rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mooted ‘Swachhagraha’ movement for a clean India which he said is not something that can be achieved by budget allocations alone. He also took a jibe at those who claim that the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign launched by him has failed by showing pictures of garbage on roads and other places, saying at least there is awareness now on...
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