-The Hindu Business Line Farmers in election-bound States have stopped repaying in anticipation of write-offs Hyderabad: The INCreasing demand for farm-loan waivers and slippages in existing loan repayments by farmers in anticipation of write-offs are giving banks a nightmare. Apart from drawing the attention of policy makers and political pundits, last week’s mega farmers’ rally in the national capital has also created tremors among bankers. “The expectation of agricultural loan waivers next year when...
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Soon, a child can withdraw from Aadhaar at adulthood -S Ronendra Singh
-The Hindu Business Line Law Ministry readies Cabinet note New Delhi: Attaining adulthood gives a lot of rights to a teenager such as voting, driving, marriage in the case of a girl. Now, there will be additional one — the power to withdraw his/her Aadhaar account and delete all identity details, INCluding biometrics. A Cabinet note has been prepared in which a provision is proposed to be made in the Aadhaar Act that...
More »Information Panel Strength Hits All-Time Low in Modi Era -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in No new appointments have been made to the Central Information Commission sINCe 2016. New Delhi: From Monday, the Central Information Commission (CIC) will function with only three commissioners – as opposed to a sanctioned strength of 11, INCluding the chief. The present crisis has arisen because the Narendra Modi government has sINCe 2016 failed to fill any vacancies in the body – probably because the commission has been at the forefront...
More »Assam: 40 lakh out, only 7 lakh claims in as NRC deadline nears -Abhishek Saha
-The Indian Express The final draft NRC had listed 2.8 crore people, leaving out 40 lakh applicants, with the Supreme Court fixing December 15 as the last day for them to submit ‘Claims and Objections’. A FORTNIGHT to go for the deadline, Hanif Ali (48), a resident of Majortop village in Kamrup district of Assam, has not been able to file a claim against his exclusion from the final draft of...
More »India says it is set to reach emission goal on time -Jayanta Basu
-The Telegraph Country is also on track to having 40 per cent installed electric power from non-fossil fuel sources: Harsh Vardhan Katowice (Poland): India is on track to achieving its 2030 targets to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, environment minister Harsh Vardhan asserted at a global climate summit on Monday and asked developed countries to enhance their actions. Vardhan, speaking on the summit’s first day, said the issue of restructuring targets would hinge...
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