-The Times of India NEW delhi: The aam aadmi putting up with the widespread distress and economic loss caused by declaring invalid all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes sees a positive side to the move — it will unearth and stamp out black money. This is one of the stated objectives in the government's notification of November. There is also the target of finishing off fake currency, which harms...
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Notes Ban: On Indelible Ink, Election Commission Raises Concern With Government
-NDTV New delhi: The Election Commission has raised concern over the use of indelible ink in banks after the notes ban, saying the move should not affect the "election process in any manner". Five states will hold by-elections on Saturday. In a letter to the Finance Ministry, the Commission has said that several states will hold elections and there will be confusion as indelible ink also marks citizens who have already...
More »Govt admits big gaps in urban work force -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New delhi: About 57.57 per cent of India's urban population of 300 million has no source of income, socio-economic data released by the government last week suggests, prompting at least one analyst to wonder if this was the reason people were willing to queue up for the whole day to exchange cash. Thirty-seven per cent are engaged in work ranging from begging to government jobs, earning some income. About 5.90...
More »Demonetisation: Centre sends teams to study impact -B Muralidhar Reddy
-The Hindu The decision is intended to convey that there is no going back on Narendra Modi’s announcement. New delhi: Having resolved to stay the course and see through the implementation of the Prime Minister’s decision on withdrawal of 500- and 1000-rupee notes from circulation, the Union Government late on Friday night announced that a team of officials from the centre was being rushed to different States for a spot assessment of...
More »Maharashtra tops list of internet subscribers in India
-PTI Tamil Nadu has the highest number of urban subscribers at 21.16 million New delhi: Maharashtra has the highest number of internet subscribers in the country at 29.47 million, followed by states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. According to government data, India had a total of 342.65 million internet subscribers at the end of March, 2016. Tamil Nadu had 28.01 million subscribers, while its neighbours Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had 24.87...
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