The Finance Ministry is considering the possibility of borrowing under the Public Debt Management Act to finance new state investment projects in case the 3.2-trillion-baht budget expenditure for fiscal 2020 hits further snags. Solutions to push public investment to boost the country’s economic growth are crucial amid the export slowdown, as the state investment budget
Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: Expressing concern about the preparedness of the State government in tackling swine flu, a division bench of the Telangana High Court directed the Chief Secretary to file a comprehensive report in the form of an affidavit informing the steps being taken by the government, both preventive and curative measures, to tackle the
Source – pinkcitypost.com Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Monday directed the government to shut down all the rooftop restaurants operating in multi-storey buildings of Jaipur and the rest of the state. The court said that the rooftop restaurants were illegal because they can’t be given an NOC as per the orders issued by the
Source – indiatoday.in With 14.8 per cent of India’s population, pegged at around about 195 million people, going hungry every day, the Supreme Court has asked the central and state governments why there are no “community kitchens” or similar schemes for persons falling outside the public distribution system scheme (PDS). According to the PIL filed
Source: thewire.in New Delhi: Calling it a “blatant violation of fundamental rights”, the Karnataka high court last week ordered the state government to pay Rs 1 lakh within a month to the administrator of a Facebook group and initiated a departmental inquiry against the magistrate who had ordered his arrest in violation of Supreme Court guidelines.
Source: newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: The Madras High Court was told on Tuesday that election to appoint office-bearers to the South Indian Film Artists Association (Nadigar Sangam) on June 23 this year was illegal. A submission to this effect was made by Additional Advocate-General (AAG), when the election-related cases came up before Justice K Kalyanasundaram. The AAG told
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the state government should specify conditions in the toddy shop licence to ensure they cause the least inconvenience to the people living in its locality.The court passed the order on a petition filed by Vilasini of Pattambi, Palakkad seeking a directive to the excise
Source: hindustantimes.com Gurugram: The Haryana government is likely to submit an application to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday seeking extension of the deadline for taking over Rapid Metro by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) that has to be completed by Wednesday. The government now wants an extension of deadline from October
Source: dailypioneer.com Even after more than a month of the campaign that is being conducted by Municipal Corporation of Dehradun against polythene and single use plastic, the confusion about the banned products still prevails among the merchants and general public. Activists state that it is due to the lack of Government policy and a comprehensive
Source: telegraphindia.com Displaced workers have no absolute fundamental right to employment and a government can in “overriding public interest” renege on a job promise to a group without having to provide “individual opportunities” to everyone in the group, the Supreme Court has ruled. It set aside the concurrent findings of a single judge and a
