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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: subsidy

Uttarakhand to increase subsidies for films in local languages in the state

According to the CMO, the government has increased subsidies about eight times for films to be made in Garhwali, Kumaoni, and Jaunsari.

BJP-led states among highest subsidy givers in 2022-23 on per capita basis, shows analysis

Bank of Baroda economic research team calculated per capita subsidy expenditures of major states & found Punjab had highest, followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra.

India’s subsidies for renewable energy nearly doubled in 2021 fiscal after 4-yr lull, report finds

Data from International Institute for Sustainable Development highlights higher subsidy allocation to renewables comes despite 3% drop in subsidies to energy sector as a whole in FY 2021-22. 

Modi govt plans to scrap LPG subsidy under PAHAL as economic woes hit revenues

The PAHAL scheme was first launched under the UPA government in 2013, and was then revised and relaunched after the Modi government came to power in 2014.

Indian economy has a twin deficit problem. To counter it, govt needs to juggle growth & stability

The government will have to do a balancing act, maintaining growth and macroeconomic stability by keeping fiscal and current account deficits within manageable limits.

Basic income for poor demands subsidy cuts, a step govts in India are unlikely to take

If no effort is made to consider how a minimum income guarantee is financed, then the expenditure would lead to cuts in public investment & higher borrowing.

India may lose trade dispute with US in WTO, says commerce secretary Teaotia

US has dragged India to WTO for providing export subsidies even as the latter's income levels cross the subsidy threshold. 

The more the farmers distrust the government, the more they will resist reform

In a low trust and low capacity state, voters can resist reform, because they believe the government is either unwilling or incapable of implementing it successfully and equitably.

NDA restores subsidy to flagship Gujarat PSU that UPA had stopped for ‘abuse’

UPA had stopped subsidy to GSFC in 2013 after it was found the company wasn’t passing it on to farmers. Modi govt reversed decision this March.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.