A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice S S Shinde said the Centre must take the Essential Commodities Act into account while reviewing pricing policy for N95 masks.
Govt needs to bring states on board, strengthen supply chain to end mandis’ monopoly, and sparingly use the escape clauses in the Essential Commodities Act.
Communicating to chief secretaries of states & union territories, MHA said such acts can't be ruled out due to loss of production & labour crisis because of lockdown.
Economic Survey 2019-20 blames the 1955 EC Act and the Food Corporation as govt interventions that have undermined markets and held back agricultural growth.
After the illegal detention of Prema Wangjom Thongdok at Shanghai airport, China once again fell back on a deliberate playbook it has used for decades.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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