-TheWire.in The aggregate macroeconomic impact of this Budget cannot really be assessed, sINCe the actual fiscal stance is now so opaque. Let’s get one thing clear. This is not an interim Budget, whatever the government finally agreed to call it. The sweeping promises made on both expenditure and taxation fronts are well beyond the limited minor changes that are supposed to be allowed in a vote-on-account or interim Budget. For a government that...
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-The Indian Express Repeated government interventions in official data release run the risk of denting market trust in it The controversy over two top functionaries of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) resigning in protest over the NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation) withholding its new employment survey adds to a growing list of government interventions in data releases. There is a common theme — the government is seen to take an adversarial...
More »Aadhaar not mandatory for buying insurance: IRDAI
-The Hindu Business Line However, it may be accepted as one of the proof documents if the customer volunteers Hyderabad: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has asked insurers to refrain from seeking Aadhaar from the proposer or policy holders. In a circular, the insurance regulator said along with Aadhaar, insurers should not mandatorily seek PAN/Form 60 as part of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. However, the insurers may accept...
More »430 Punjab Farmers Committed Suicide in One Year SINCe Loan Waiver Rollout
-TheWire.in A figure is based on data compiled by farmer union Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan). New Delhi: Debt has continued to overwhelm farmers in Punjab sINCe the rollout of Congress’s loan waiver scheme in January 2018. Four hundred thirty farmers and farm labourers with outstanding loans ranging between Rs 1-20 lakh committed suicide in the intervening one year period, the Indian Express reported. The data, which is based on revenue department and police records,...
More »Government weighs options for pre-poll farm package -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Will it be Telangana’s ‘Rythu Bandhu’ or Odisha’s ‘Kalia’ scheme which the Centre bets on in its much anticipated farm package ahead of general elections? Apart from these two schemes, the Centre is also looking at some proposals INCluding area-based INCome compensation and waiving off premium for crop insurance and interest on loans for farmers who pay on time. The Centre’s farm options are due to...
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