Should India break up its big conglomerates? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65108865 30.3.23 India should dismantle its large conglomerates to increase competition and
reduce their ability to charge higher prices, former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Viral Acharya has argued in a new paper for Brookings Institution, an American research group.
According to Mr Acharya, who is now a professor of economics at NYU Stern, "industrial concentration" - which refers to the extent to which a smaller number of firms account for total production in a country - fell sharply in India after 1991 when the country opened up its economy and state-owned monopolies began giving away their market share to private enterprises. But after 2015, it began rising again.
दवा, पेट्रोल, गैस, टोल महँगा - मिडिल क्लास चुप | Inflation soaring across sectors https://youtu.be/WFaa_IJip8U?t=704
Essential medicines including painkillers, antibiotics to get costlier by 12% from Saturday
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Commonly used medicines to get 12% more expensive from April https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/many-commonly-used-drugs-may-see-a-12-price-hike-the-highest-ever-come-april-1-10322941.html
Prices of non-scheduled drugs, on the other hand, are set to go up by up to 10 percent as per government rules.
Life insurance to get expensive: https://www.financialexpress.com/hindi/investment-saving-news/life-insurance-is-going-to-get-expensive-why-and-what-should-you-do/2990489/ महंगा होने जा रहा है Life insurance, जाने क्यों और क्या करने की है जरूरत अगर आप पहली बार लाइफ इश्योरेंस कवर लेने की योजना बना रहे हैं या मौजूदा कवर के आकार को बढ़ाने की सोच रहे हैं, तो आपको देरी नहीं करनी चाहिए क्योंकि लाइफ इश्योरेंस पॉलिसी का प्रीमियम अब महंगा हो सकता है.
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102% rise in average cost of electricity purchased from Adani Power between 2021 & 2022: Gujarat govt https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/adani-power-gujarat-govt-rise-in-cost-of-electricity-8479214/ Between 2021 and 2022, the average cost of electricity bought from Adani Power went up 102 per cent from Rs 3.58 per unit to Rs 7.24 per unit in 2022, data tabled as a part of the reply reveal.
March 5, 2023 Comment In Whatsapp what would be the higher biil for the street lighting on the occassion of G20 in different cities?
Hate speech: If remarks are made with a smile, there is no criminality, says Delhi High Court Mar 26, 2022 https://scroll.in/latest/1020410/hate-speech-if-remarks-are-made-with-a-smile-there-is-no-criminality-says-delhi-high-court
CPM leaders have challenged a trial court order rejecting a plea for filing FIRs against Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly making hate speeches. the Delhi High Court said “In the election speech, so many things are said by the politicians to politicians and that is also a wrong thing,” the High Court said. “But I have to see the criminality of the act. If you’re saying something with a smile then there is no criminality. If you’re saying something offensive, then definitely [there is criminality].”..Justice Chandra Dhari Singh made the statement while reserving its verdict on a petition filed by Communist Party of India leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari.
The court said that it was important to note that when the speeches were made and what was the intention behind it.
“Only intention to win the election or intention to instigate the public to do the crime both are different things,” the judge said. “Then you have to see the mens rea [criminal intent].”
How caste works in an IIT https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-caste-works-in-an-iit-8519120/ Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question...‘What’s your [JEE] rank?’ it’s a question that unfailingly follows that first handshake with a hostel mate..., For many students from some of the reserved categories, that seemingly innocuous ice-breaker ends up being a proxy for ‘what’s your caste?’.
A professor from IIT Roorkee, said, “Campuses of IIT are bound to reflect Indian society and it is futile for the administration to deny the existence of caste on campuses. The focus should rather be on making sure that the affirmative action of reservation is implemented effectively. Reservation is implemented across IITs when it comes to student admissions. But it is missing when it comes to faculty appointments, even after the Mission Mode recruitment drive.”
Barkha Dutt LIVE | Raghuram Rajan EXCLUSIVE On "Hindu Rate Of Growth," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aIFzPgBYw 29/3/2023 Barkha Dutt speaks to former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan who was recently in the headlines for his remarks that India is "dangerously close" to the Hindu rate of growth in view of subdued private sector investment, high interest rates and slowing global growth.
Rajan also speaks on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, Adani-Hindenburg issue and the state of Indian economy.
Raghuram Rajan On Rahul Gandhi | "His Conviction An Indian Issue, Not A Party Issue" | Barkha Dutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3l6x08zarQ 30-3-2023 "Cant go to G-20 and present yourself as the fount of democracy and then.. Raghuram Rajan speaks on the Rahul Gandhi Disqualification issue, says "It's a free speech issue and its not about BJP or Congress, It's an Indian Issue."
Death of Free Speech in India's Press | Fact or Paranoia? | Akash Banerjee & Dharmesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCPg_6vpv3g
Prashant Kishor का राहुल गाँधी के लिए सॉफ्ट कार्नर, इंटरव्यू में कांग्रेस नेता के पक्ष में ये कहा https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E51AGa5XCFI
Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Response In Plea To Protect Western Ghats https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-protection-of-western-ghat-deforestation-destruction-conservation-writ-petition-224560 Aiman J.Chishti 23 Mar 2023
“The protection of the Western Ghats has a direct impact on the right to life and livelihood protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. Furthermore, as the Western Ghats is a continuous living chain of mountains which passes through six states, it requires the involvement of all six state governments, and relevant regulatory agencies in these states, along with Central Government ministries,”states the petitioner.
The Central Government has accepted the HLWG's report but has only issued Section directions under Section 5 of Environment Protection Act,1986(EPA) regulating activities in 56,825 sq. km. (reduced from 59,940 sq. km.) by an amendment dated 03.12.2018 after Kerala's recommendation without examination by MoEFCC. 72,212 sq. km. identified by WGEEP as the Western Ghats have been excluded from legal protection.
Illegal homestays turn into bane for Karnataka Ghats https://www.deccanherald.com/state/uttara-kannada-belagavi-city/illegal-homestays-turn-into-bane-for-karnataka-ghats-1203858.html Illegal resorts and homestays in Uttara Kannada are posing a threat to the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats besides causing losses to the state exchequer Pavan Kumar H, DHNS, Hubballi, MAR 27 2023
Tourism Department Minister Anand Singh in the Legislative Council during the February session. According to his reply to an unstarred question by MLC N Ravikumar, there are only eight resorts “registered” with the department, including the Old Magazine House, Kali, and Anshi nature camps that are operated by the government. The reply says the department “does not have any information of unauthorised resorts in the region and does not have powers to act against such properties”.
As per the office of Deputy Director of Tourism (DDOT), Karwar, there are more than 200 homestays and 14 resorts functioning in the picturesque taluks of Joida, Dandeli and Haliyal.
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