-ThePrint.in From 2017-18 to 2020-21, approx. Rs 2.6 lakh crore was sanctioned for welfare of ScheduLED Castes. Of this, Rs 49,722.18 crore was surrendered by ministries/departments. New Delhi: Around 20 per cent of the funds allocated for the welfare of the ScheduLED Castes (SCs) between 2017-18 and 2020-21 — totalling approximately Rs 50,000 crore — were left unused by multiple Union ministries/departments, ThePrint has learnt. This, sources said, has LED the Modi government...
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Tax exemptions and incentives for the corporate sector continue despite reduction in corporate tax rates
Quite often it is argued by mainstream economists that a sizeable chunk of the Union Budget every year is wasted because the Government spends that on food and fertiliser subsidies. The burgeoning size of these two subsidies relative to the entire budget as well as the gross domestic product (GDP) is often used to build the argument that economic as well as environmental sustainability of the country is at stake...
More »Serious issue if 3 crore ration cards were cancelLED, says Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The Centre had earlier said that reports suggest that the deaths were not due to starvation. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was a “very serious” matter if the Centre has really cancelLED around three crore ration cards, including those of tribals and the poor, solely because they could not be biometrically linked with Aadhaar. A Bench LED by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde asked the Centre to...
More »Come out with rule curve for Mullaperiyar: SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Warns T.N. Chief Secretary of appropriate action on failure to give information The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary shall be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the rule curve for Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee. Rule curve in a dam decides the fluctuating storage levels in a reservoir. The gate opening schedule of a...
More »What India’s farm crisis really needs -Christophe Jaffrelot and Hemal Thakker
-The Indian Express To solve India’s deep agrarian crisis, more public investment and government support are needed, not the new farm laws The farmers’ movement invites us to revisit the trajectory of India’s agriculture so as to understand its real problems. Beginning in the mid-1960s, India and, especially, Punjab experienced a massive productivity boom as a result of widespread adoption of Green Revolution technologies. This transition was driven by public investment in...
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