Vaccination: Explicit and implicit rationing
There is a difference between subsidising a set of people who cannot afford to pay and subsidising across the board, setting prices artificially low.
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A video circulated of a Delhi-based couple violating lockdown rules, defying instructions to wear masks and abusing cops when taken to task. This is a metaphor for our aggregate responses to Covid after the hump of the first phase seemed to be over around November 2020. Laxity was evident in government responses to social, religious and political gatherings that are collective in nature and individual citizens throwing caution to the winds, among others.
Consumer Forum Holds Railway Officials Liable For Failing To Inform Commuters About Reasons For Delay Of Train
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A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Thrissur has allowed three railway commuters compensation after their train from Wadakkanchery to Payyanur was delayed by six hours without any alternatives being provided by the Railway station authorities.
The Order in their favour was pronounced in January this year but released last week. The Bench comprised of President of the Forum CT Sabu, K Radhakrishnan Nair, and Sreeja S.
Holding the Opposite Party Station Superintendent of the Wadakkanchery Railway Station and Senior Divisional Commercial Manager liable, the three-member bench remarked,
Kalinga Literary Festival: Online celebration of writers & philosophers
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New Delhi, March 14 : Amid the majestic weather of Bhubaneswar, the opulence of mystic Kalinga Festival 2020 (the annual flagship event of Kalinga Literary Festival) came to an end with Smita Bellur s sufi melody, legend of Bhima Bhoi, celebration of Odissi with veteran dancer Aruna Mohanty, poetic verses of Bulleh Shah, Kabir with Harpreet, and with a promise to bring the wave with the festival to literature lovers in August.
But as the story had another chapter to tell, the outbreak of novel coronavirus brought a sudden nationwide lockdown and shutdown. While the severity and uncertainty were at peak, team Kalinga Literary Festival introduced KLF Bhava Samvad, an online literary platform. However, litterateurs, scholars, enthusia
Budget focuses on growth while giving message of tax rate stability: Bibek Debroy
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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 04:26 PM IST
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Debroy said the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, economic activity wise, is over, and we can look forward with some optimism for the economy in general .
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Debroy said real growth sector comes from four different sources consumption, investment, government expenditure, and net exports.
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy on Friday said that while giving the message that tax rates will remain stable, the Union Budget 2021-22 focussed on promoting growth by driving reforms to boost consumption, investment and government expenditure.
Read more about Financial sector growth has been slow: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Business Standard. He said the Budget has made a significant push towards reforming the financial sector and adding vitality to it