Nitin Sethi
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New Delhi, DL, India
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Coal block contracts should be made public under RTI: Chhattisgarh panel
Read more about Coal block contracts should be made public under RTI: Chhattisgarh panel on Business Standard. The commission rejected the state government-controlled power generation company's contention that disclosing the MDO would serve no public purpose → Read More
Coal blocks contracts should be made public under RTI: Chhattisgarh panel
Read more about Coal blocks contracts should be made public under RTI: Chhattisgarh panel on Business Standard. State information commission rejects state-owned power company's contention that the information won't serve public purpose. → Read More
PAN not linked to Aadhaar card will become invalid from September
Read more about PAN not linked to Aadhaar card will become invalid from September on Business Standard. Those who cite an Aadhaar number, which is not already linked to a PAN number, for tax returns and other specified transactions after September 1, will get a fresh one from the Income Tax Department. → Read More
Eco survey urges behavioural economics nudge for socio-economic goals
The branch of economics has gained traction in policy making recently, becoming more popular after economist Richard H Thaler, known for his work on 'Nudge' theory, won Nobel in 2017 → Read More
Arun Jaitley holds meeting on next budget amid rumours of ill health
Read more about Arun Jaitley holds meeting on next budget amid rumours of ill health on Business Standard. Officials present at the meeting said Jaitley was in good health and looked fit to join the cabinet of the NDA government's second tenure → Read More
Can a serving bureaucrat criticise judgement of the Supreme Court?
Read more about Can a serving bureaucrat criticise judgement of the Supreme Court? on Business Standard. Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant criticises SC for asking government to review green nod to Goa's second airport → Read More
Modi govt's move to amend Forest Act takes a giant leap backwards
Read more about Modi govt's move to amend Forest Act takes a giant leap backwards on Business Standard. The IFA 2019 legally provides the political executive and the forest bureaucracy absolute discretion to open any forestland to commercial plantations → Read More
Centre drafts stricter alternative to Colonial-era Indian Forest Act, 1927
Read more about Centre drafts stricter alternative to Colonial-era Indian Forest Act, 1927 on Business Standard. Forest bureaucracy to get more policing powers, including higher immunity to use firearms and override Forest Rights Act → Read More
Top wildlife scientists ask for cancellation of SC tribal eviction order
Read more about Top wildlife scientists ask for cancellation of SC tribal eviction order on Business Standard. Say petition against Forest Rights Act does not help wildlife conservation and should be withdrawn → Read More
Centre seeks temporary stay on eviction of 1.89 mn forest-dwelling families
Read more about Centre seeks temporary stay on eviction of 1.89 mn forest-dwelling families on Business Standard. Asks time for states to file detailed affidavits on implementation of Forest Rights Act; case will be heard on Thursday → Read More
Rahul asks Congress CMs to file review petition against tribals' eviction
Read more about Rahul asks Congress CMs to file review petition against tribals' eviction on Business Standard. Supreme Court has asked states to forcibly remove all tribals, forest-dwellers whose claims under the Forest Rights Act have been rejected. → Read More
The influence international NGOs wield in Katowice climate change talks
Read more about The influence international NGOs wield in Katowice climate change talks on Business Standard. The possibility of a conflict of interest rings larger when think-tanks from developed countries, and which draw funds from developed countries, help small developing country groups → Read More
Katowice climate talks: Progress only on areas US, developed nations favour
Read more about Katowice climate talks: Progress only on areas US, developed nations favour on Business Standard. Progress only in areas that US and developed countries favour → Read More
Rich countries eroding confidence in the Paris Agreement: India and China
Read more about Rich countries eroding confidence in the Paris Agreement: India and China on Business Standard. Along with other members of the LMDC group, they demand detailed rules on climate finance flows → Read More
How Maharashtra-based Jio University fit the "Institute of Eminence" tag
Read more about How Maharashtra-based Jio University fit the "Institute of Eminence" tag on Business Standard. Reliance set up a new company to apply for it → Read More
Legal challenge to 360-degree appraisal of IAS officers fizzles out
Read more about Legal challenge to 360-degree appraisal of IAS officers fizzles out on Business Standard. Officer who challenged it in court again found unfit to serve at Centre, but made Himachal Pradesh chief secretary → Read More
Ministry asks recipients to thank "Modi Sarkar" for what is legally theirs
Read more about Ministry asks recipients to thank "Modi Sarkar" for what is legally theirs on Business Standard. Social scheme benefits for which Women and Child ministry is demanding gratitude are legal entitlements under the UPA-era National Food Security Act → Read More
Thoothukudi protest: How NDA govt decisions helped Vedanta bypass norms
Read more about Thoothukudi protest: How NDA govt decisions helped Vedanta bypass norms on Business Standard. NDA government's decisions helped Vedanta bypass public consultations for the Copper smelter expansion in Thoothukudi → Read More
Four years of Modi govt: Swachh Bharat Mission sees slip-ups
Read more about Four years of Modi govt: Swachh Bharat Mission sees slip-ups on Business Standard. The fifth part of the series on the NDA govt's flagship programmes analyses the Centre's mission → Read More
New ground realities in land laws
Read more about New ground realities in land laws on Business Standard. Relaxation of rules to forest and coastal regulation laws enables the government to significantly expand the scope of corporate investment in these hitherto restricted zones → Read More