Damning verdict on GST’s anti-profiteering rulings
Bombay High Court points to lack of appeals process in GST anti-profiteering law; also says it dents the reputation of a firm.
BHIM gets more powerful, now playing catch-up with UPI rivals
Original UPI app lagged rivals, is now playing catch-up
Doorstep dialysis delivery a good idea, but govt needs to work out weak links first
Doorstep dialysis delivery is a good idea, but govt needs to work out the weak links first.
How can govt ask Amazon, Walmart for supplier data?
Oddly, the government first allowed global players to set up shop in India via what is called the ‘marketplace model’ even though FDI is not allowed in multi-brand retail.
Fighting fake news: Need more tie-ups like Mumbai cyber-cell with a startup
IT and telecom minister Prasad, in fact, has been having a running confrontation with social media firms on the need to share information with the government in a lawful manner in case there is such a need.
Ayush should be covered under Ayushman Bharat, provided there are explicit treatment standards
While the ailments for which the Ayush ministry is seeking inclusion under PMJAY, including mental illnesses like clinical depression, can be treated or managed with allopathic treatment, bringing Ayush treatment under PMJAY
Nanny state: UP’s mobile ban in colleges/universities does more harm than good
Students and teachers in Uttar Pradesh’s universities are no longer allowed to carry mobile phones inside the premises of colleges/universities. The directorate of higher education of the Yogi Adityanath-led government, as
India needs to focus on TB cases going unreported
Globally, there were 484,000 incident cases of MDR/RR-TB, India accounted for ~50%. However, India has enhanced its registration, and saw notifications double to two million in 2018.
Chhattisgarh’s anti-EVM plan for local govt polls hurts democracy
As per various news reports, in June 2017, the ECI arranged for an EVM-hack challenge where political parties were asked to demonstrate how the machines can be tampered with.
CUCET is a good start, but India needs a SAT
The higher education education needs all 598 public-funded universities, with the state coming on board, to have a common entrance test, quite like the SAT for college admissions in the US.
Good move to grant leading private engineering/ management schools greater autonomy
Private engineering/business schools belonging to category-1, apart from being eligible for grants without the requirement of inspections, will now be free to offer new courses, open research parks, incubation centres, etc, w
Skills university is great, but meaningful skilling effort needs much more
The stagnation of the ITIs didn’t occur only because services rapidly became the dominant sector of the Indian economy while the ITIs remained skilling factories for the manufacturing sector.
Insure all bank deposits to retain depositor faith
According to SBI data, while 61% of bank accounts have deposits of under Rs 1 lakh—this is why the government doesn’t think the deposit insurance level has to be raised—these comprise just 7.8% of the total deposits bas
Fighting hunger: GHI, Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey findings point at a serious problem
The fact that India lags neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh, despite a significantly higher per capita income, suggests the data on India’s hunger prevalence misses something.
Delhi shutting down unrecognised schools is a bad move
Data from the Delhi Economic Survey 2018-19 shows that despite the Delhi government allocating a quarter of its budget to education, government schools lag the national average in terms of learning outcomes significantly.
Can’t go the distance on education if online choked
Foolishly, we banned online education in 2015; the ban has now been lifted, but getting clearances is the problem
Giving away FCI grains as aid a temporary solution; price support and PDS reforms key in long-term
Unless the Centre considers reforming its MPS and PDS policies, replacing them with, say, DBT for food and cost-support to farmers, respectively, India will keep facing this problem.
State of Indian economy: Q2 GDP could be worse
In which case, even a 6% FY20 growth could be at risk
Railways model of Twitter governance can help DGCA tackle errant airlines
While the DGCA started the Airsewa portal, it has not been as successful as awareness regarding the platform has been limited.
L-1 has hurt govt and PSUs, so good if CVC is reviewing it
In the case of PSUs, abolish L-1 where the market is a competitive one; make it more flexible for govt tenders
India slipping on global competitiveness index is worrisome
India slipping on the global competitiveness index is worrisome, structural reforms are now urgent
PMC scam: Insure all bank deposits; Deepak Parekh right to flag this issue
Given most politicians in the country are focused on only the poor, they think the amount of insurance is sufficient; after all, over 61% of deposits in banks are of less than `1 lakh.
Tax on Google, Facebook: Global progress on taxing tech MNCs is a good start
Finalising exact parameters of the OECD proposals will take time, but there is an agreement on how to tax them
Corporates get responsible about plastic
Rushing into announcing a ban, to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th anniversary or some such other landmark, is a bad idea.
Chem Nobel honours work that led to the Li-ion battery
With prices falling, lithium has found resonance with large-scale utilities and electric vehicles.
WHO report shows how big the problem of blindness that could have been prevented is
The WHO’s first-ever World Vision Report highlights that 2.2 billion people across the globe suffer from vision impairment—of these, nearly a billion cases could have been prevented, if they were addressed with basic nece
Smart move by Reliance Jio, others should have emulated it
It benefits if its customers can pressure Trai to scrap IUC; if that doesn’t happen, it benefits from higher revenues.
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