-The Times of India NEW delhi: Setting a record, the Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI J S Khehar has recommended 51 names for judges in 10 high courts shortly after finalising the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for the appointment of judges in constitutional courts. With more than 41% posts vacant at the 24 high courts — only 632 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 1,079 — the collegium comprising CJI...
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Agri reforms soon to augment farm income -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The agriculture ministry in consultation with the Niti Aayog has identified a set of nine marketing reforms to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for their produce by reducing intervention of middlemen. The measures are likely to be in place by July and are considered one of the key steps in doubling farmers' income by 2022. "PM Narendra Modi wants these reforms to be implemented by July. We...
More »No private sector quota plan: Govt
-The Telegraph New delhi: The government today denied any move to introduce reservations in the private sector, saying there was "no such proposal", a year after the National Commission for Backward Classes had suggested enacting a law to make private firms set aside jobs for marginalised sections. "There is no such proposal (for reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) in the private sector," social justice and empowerment minister...
More »Soaring mercury bakes India in April -Neha Madaan
-The Times of india PUNE: India could have had some relief from the scorching heat early this summer, had it received its fair share of premonsoon showers. As heat singes parts of the country, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data revealed that the country received the lowest pre-monsoon rain in the past four years during March this year. During previous years, since 2014, India received an excess of March rainfall. March 2017, however, witnessed...
More »In Operation Clean Money, I-T dept. to probe 60,000 people now -Arun S
-The Hindu As part of the first phase of the operation, the department had sent online queries and investigated 17.92 lakh persons out of which 9.46 lakh persons have responded. New delhi: As part of the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' (OCM) launched Friday to unearth black money, the Income Tax department will probe over 60,000 individuals including 1,300 high risk persons for alleged excessive cash sales post demonetisation on...
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