-BusinessToday.in Almost 155 million debit cards reportedly went out of the market due to the migration from magnetic strip debit cards to EMV-based debit cards The number of debit cards in circulation fell 15 per cent on annual basis to 843 million in October as banks moved to migrate to EMV-chip-based cards. The downturn came as the debit cards in India seemed poised to touch the 1-billion mark a year ago, with...
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A duty to publish: On RTI
-The Hindu Limiting RTI responses based on locus standi of the applicants could create a chilling effect The Right to Information Act’s role in fostering a more informed citizenry and an accountable government has never been in doubt ever since its implementation in 2005. But there have been persistent and growing misgivings. Section 4 of the Act calls for pro-active and voluntary dissemination of information, but only a few Central and State...
More »Child Undernutrition in India: A Tale of Two Surveys -Sunny Jose
-Economic and Political Weekly The child undernutrition estimates from the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey, 2016–18 reveal that many Indian states have made substantial decline, reversing their poor past record in wasting, ranging from 7 to 14 percentage points within just 30 months. Is it really possible to make such a large decline in such a short span of time? Or, does this point to an anomaly in data or estimation? Please click...
More »Onion prices may drop by 50% in the next 2 weeks: Report
-Moneycontrol.com At Lasalgoan market, onions were trading at Rs 41 per kg on December 10 compared with Rs 71 on December 7. Onion prices could drop by 50 percent in the next two weeks due as arrivals from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka pick up, Business Standard reports. Please click here to read more. ...
More »India ranks 129 out of 189 countries & territories in terms of human development index for 2018
-United Nations Development Programme, released on 9 December, 2019 According to the Human Development Report 2019: Inequalities in Human Development in the 21st Century, India’s HDI value for 2018 is 0.647— which put the country in the medium human development category—positioning it at 129 out of 189 countries and territories. Between 1990 and 2018, India’s HDI value increased from 0.431 to 0.647, an increase of 50.0 percent. Between 1990 and 2018, India’s...
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