Data Protection Bill: JPC to invite views from all stakeholders

-The Hindu MPs raise questions on privacy, purpose and Srikrishna panel report The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection…

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West Bengal to skip MHA meet on Census, NPR

-The Hindu Union Home Ministry calls States for meet on Census, NPR on January 17 The Union Home Ministry has…

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The perils of RBI's fixation on inflation -Pulapre Balakrishnan

-The Hindu The central bank’s shift of focus from financial stability to inflation targeting could have led to regulatory infirmity…

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Budget 2020-21: Will MGNREGA become an overarching rural development scheme -Richard Mahapatra

-Down to Earth The upcoming budget will see many schemes being brought under the rural employment programme; a direct cash…

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Farm Pollution: Happy Seeder produces not-so-happy results on ground -Anju Agnihotri Chaba

-The Indian Express Area under paddy stubble burning in Punjab up despite number of machines almost doubling. Jalandhar: Punjab farmers…

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When farmers turn to play the market -Parthasarathi Biswas

-The Indian Express Between September and December, when retail onion prices soared from around Rs 30 to Rs 100-plus per…

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BJP accounted for 75% of total income national parties received through electoral bonds in 2018-19, Cong second -Fazil Khan

-News18.com Electoral bonds were first notified in January 2018 by the then finance minister Arun Jaitley and its first tranche…

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Locust attack in R'sthan worries farmers in state -Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

-The Tribune Miscreants spread rumours on social media that it will hit Punjab too Jalandhar: As swarms of locusts have…

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So easy to copy? Rs 2,000 notes make 56% of all seized fake currency, shows NCRB data -Mukesh Rawat

-IndiaToday.in NCRB data show fake notes of Rs 2,000 entered the market days after PM Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announcement. Today…

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Trade worries

-Livemint.com If crude oil prices surge on tensions in West Asia, our import bill could soar India’s December trade figures…

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India's exports fall for fifth straight month in December

-The Hindu Business Line Imports fall 8.83 per cent, trade deficit shrinks to $11.25 billion India’s goods exports declined for…

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Malaysia concerned by India palm oil import curbs but to speak against New Delhi's actions: Mahathir Mohamad

-PTI * Mahathir said Malaysia may now need to find another solution after the boycott of its palm oil by…

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Vegetable prices push wholesale inflation to 7-month high in December

-The Indian Express Vegetable inflation jumping to an over six-year high and pulses inflation rising to a more than 3-year…

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Wholesale inflation rises to 2.59 pc in December on costlier veggies

-PTI Wholesale prices based inflation surged to an eight-month high of 2.59 per cent in December, as against 0.58 per…

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Price turnaround: These farmers aren't crying -Gopal B Kateshiya

-The Indian Express Food inflation isn’t a bad thing, at least for onion growers. Rajkot/ Bhavagar (Gujarat): AS THE winter…

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