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.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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