ANALYSIS OF THE HINDU AND ECONOMIC TIMES ALONG WITH EDITORIALS FOR 14 TH SEPTEMBER,2019

• NEWS PAPER ANALYSIS
  THE HINDU AND ECONOMIC TIMES ALONG WITH EDITORIALS
  DATED 14/09/2019
• DR. SHASHI AGGARWAL
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  DELHI PLANS TO EVEN THE ODDS OF POLLUTION THIS YEAR AGAIN
   THE HINDU(1): ODD EVEN SCHEMEE BACK IN DELHI FROM NOV 4 -15

1. THE DELHI GOVERNMENT WILL REINTRODUCE THE CAR RATIONING ODD EVEN SCHEME IN THE NOVEMBER 4-15 PERIOD TO COMBAT THE EXPECTED TO RISE IN POLLUTION AFTER DIWALI AS FARMERS BURN CROP RESIDUES IN NEIGHBOURING HARYANA AND PUNJAB
2. SCHEMD WAS DEPLOYED IN  JNUARY AND APRIL 2016, ALTHOUGH SOME STUDIES SUGGESTED THAT HAD LITTLE IMPACTE
3. ODD EVEN SCHEME: DURING THAT PERIOD CARS WITH ODDS AND EVEN REGISTRATION NUMBER CAN ONLY BE USED ON ALTERNATIVE DAY
4. INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTIPOLLUTION MASKS AS WELL MECHANISED SWEEPING AND SPRINKLING OF WATERS ON THE ROADS TO KEEP THE DUST FREE
5. PLANTING OF TREES AND SPECIAL PLANS FOR 12 HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY

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  ET:ODD EVEN CURBS SHOW THAN REAL POLICY

1. SERVES TO SCORE BETTER ON PUBLICITY THAN ONREDUCING POLLUTION
2. ANALYSIS OF 2016. REVEALS IT DID LITTLE TO REDUCE CITY’ POLLUTION LOAD BECAUSE PRIVATE CARS ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 10% OF THE POLLUTION
3. IN JAN RUN MARGINAL DECLINE IN POLLUTION LEVELDURING 11 AM TO 2 PM
4. GLOBAL EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWNS THAT DRIVING RESTRICTION ARE SURGE CONTROL INSTRUMENT AND NOT THE FULCRUM OF THE POLLUTION CONTROL PLAN
5. SERIOUS POLLUTION PLAN WOULD FOCUS ON ROAD DUST,LOOSE SOIL FROM TRACTS WITHOUT VEGETATION AND SOLID WASTE /GARBAGE BURNING
6. RESTRICTION IS INEFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
7. IGNORES DELHI RESIDENT’S MOBILITY
8. REQUIRED : COMPREHENSIVE POLICY PCKAGE THAT INCLUDE CONGESTION FEES,EXPANSION AND INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT,IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY,MINIMIING SOURCE OF SOIL,ROAD CONSTRUCTION DUST,NO BURNING OF MUNICIPAL WASTE AND BIO MASS IN ADDITION TO ENDING CROP RESIDUE BURING IN NEIGHBOUR HEADS

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  MILD CHEERS FROM JULY IIP NUMBERS

1. QUICK ESTIMATE  OF INDEX OF INDUTRIAL PRODUCTION (IIP) SUGGEST NOTEABLE TURN AROUND IN THE GROWTH MOMENTUM WITH MARKED BUYOANCY IN THE OUTPUT OF BOTH CONSUMPTION GOODS AND INTERMEDIATE GOODS PLUS DECRESAE IN DECELERATION OF CAPITAL GOODS PRODUCTION.
2. LATER SEGMENT IS A POINTER TO INVESTMENT DEMAND
3. DICEY TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM JUST ONE MONTH’S DATA BUT A SOLID 8.3% RISE IN CONSUMER NON DURABLE OUTPUT,A BIG RISE 13.9 INCREASE IN INTERMEDIATE GOODS AND TWO SEGMENTS HAVE 32% WEIGHT IN THE INDEX: GROWTH UPSWINGS ON THE CARD
4. BUT THE OUTPUT OF CONSUMER DURABLE HAS DECLINED (LAST JULY IT WAS HUGE 14.1%)
5. RISEN BY MODEST BY 4.2 % AS COMPARED TO 7% IN THE LAST PERIOD.
6. WHICH IMPY STRONG UNDERLYING DEMAND IN RUN UP TO THE FESTIVE SEASON
7. ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND MINING OUTPUT SHOW A RISING TREND
8. THE OUTPUT OF INFRASTRUCTURE GOODS AT 2.1%. IMPLIES LACK LUSTRE GROWTH
9. PRODUCTION GROWTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS ON HIGH BASE OF 9.2% AND THAT OF CAPITAL GOODS SHOWS MUCH REDUCED DECLINE WHICH SUGGEST THAT THE SLOW DOWN IN THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY COULD BE WINDING DOWN AND FURTHER TURNAROUND GROWTH SEEMS NEAR AT HAND
10. OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO IS IN CONTRAST WITH PURCHASING MANAGER’S INDEX FOR BOTH SERVICES AND MANUFACTURING WHICH SOFTENED IN AUGUST AS COMPARE TO JULY
11. THERE CAN BE NO LET UP MEASURES TO BOOST GROWTH INCLUDING FAST TRACKING AN ACTIVE SECONDARY MARKET FOR CORPORATE BONDS ALONG WITH ATTNEDENT RISK MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS

• SAFE CITIES
• TOKYO CONTINUES TO BE RATED AS WORLD’S SAFEST CITY ,NOT ONLY IN PERSONL SECURITY BUT IN TEMRS OF OTHER PARMAETERS SUCH AS HEALTH,INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AS WELL TO THE LATEST EIU STATE CITIES INDEX

1. TOKYO
2. SINGAPORE
3. OSAKA
4. AMESTERDAM
5. SYDNEY
6. TORONTO

·         NEW DELHI AT 52 ,MUMBAI AT 45 AND KARACHI AT 57

• GOI PLANS A PVT SECTOR CORE TEAM FOR STATS OF THE NATION ( PAGE7)

1. THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATIO (MOSPI) IS IN TLKS WITH MINISTRY OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND ENTRPRENEURSHIP TO BUILD SKILL DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SET CRITERIA TO ROPE IN ENUMERATORS THROUGH PRIVATE AGENECIES
2. SHORATGE OF ENUMERATORS AND LOOKING AT SOME CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CORE SURVEY
3. THE ONGOING PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY THAT IS INDIA’S FIRST COMPUTER BASED SURVEY 10% SANCTIONED POSTS AND 700 HUMDERED PEOPLES WERE HIRED ON CONTRACT BASIS FOR INVESTIGATORY AND SUPERVISORY ROLES
4. SKILL DEVELOPMENT MINSITRY : SELECT AGENCIES TO TRAIN PEOPLE
5. JOINT FRAMING OF CRITERIA
6. GOI PLANS A PVT SECTOR CORE TEAM FOR STATS OF THE NATION ( PAGE7)
7. DAT FROM THE NATIONAL STATSITICS ORGANIZATION ( NSO) IS CENTRAL TO INDIA’S POLICY MAKING AS IT IS THE OFFCIAL SOURCE OF KEY SOCIO ECONOMCI INDICATORS INCLUDING CONSUPMTION AND EMPLOYMENT COLLECTED VIA LAREG SCALE SAMPLE SURVEY
8. ALSO PLANNING KANTAR IMRB FOR RECRUITING TRAINED ENUMERATORS
9. THE COUNRTY NEEDS MORE STATSICIAN AND CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM
10. SATFF CONSTRAINS HAD PREVENTED NSO FROM INCREASING SAMPLE SIZE

• SCHEMES FOR E ASSESSMENT OF TAX PAYERS NOTIFIED ( PAGE 4)

1. NOTIFIED THE E ASSESSMENT SCHME FOR TAX PAYERS
2. FACELESS ASSESSMENT AIMED AT BRINGING THE TRANSPARENCY IN TAX ADMINISTRATION
3. ENVISAGES CREATION OF NATIONAL E ASSESSMENT CENTRE
4. THE CENTRE WILL SERVE NOTICES TO THE ASSESS SPECIFYING THE ISSUE FOR SELECTION OF THEIR CASE FOR ASSESSMENT AND AFTER A RESPONSE IS RECEIVED FROM THEM WITH IN 15 DAYS AND ALLOCATE CASE TO AN ASSESSING OFFICER USING AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM
5. SCHMEE TO BE ROLLED FROM OCTOBER 8
6. NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR PERSOALLY OR THROGU AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE
7. PERSONAL HEARING TO MAKE THEIR SUBMISSION WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO SO
8. SUCH HEARING THROUGH VIDEO LINKS OR ANY OTHER SUCH FACILITY
9. DONE AWAY WITH THE TERM OFFICER  AND INSTEAD USES THE TERM UNIT

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  EXPORTS DECLINE 6% IN AUGUST TO $ 26.13 BILLION

1. INDIA’S EXPORT SHRANK FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE MONTHS IN AUGUST AS GLOBAL TRADE TENSIONS AND SLUGGISH DEMAND HIT SHIPMENT
2. 36 MONTH LOW IMPORT GROWTH IN MONTH LED BY NON OIL AND NON GOLD SECTOR,INDICATED WEAK DOMESTIC DEMAND IN THE SLOWING ECONOMY
3. PULLED DOWN BY DECLINE IN EPORTS OF TRADITIONAL LABOUR INTENSIVE SECTORS INCLUDING COTTON YARN, GEMS AND JEWELLARY, PETRPLEUMS PRODUCTS, CARPET AND HANDICRAFT.
4. INDIA’S EXPORT DECLINED 6.05% IN AUGUST TO 26 .13 BILLION DOLLAR
5. IMPORT DECLINE OF 13.4% IN IMPORT
6. DEFICIT REDUCED TO 13.45 BILLION DOLLAR
7. 22 OUT OF 30 SECTORS REGISTERED DCLINE
8. INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH PLUNGED TO 25 QUARTER LOW OF 5% IN THE JUNE QUARTER. PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PLUNGED TO 3.1% IN QUARTER FROM 7.2% IN TRAILING QUARTER
9. THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION CUT THE GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH FORECAST IN APRIL TO 2.6% IN 2019 FROM 3% IN 2018 ON ACCOUNT OF RISING TRADE TENSIONS AND INCREASED ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
10. EXPERTS PARTLY ATTRIBUTED THE DECLINE IN EXPORTS FO US TERMINATING PREFERRENTIAL TARIFFS TO INDIA UNDER THE GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES EFFECTIVE FROM JUNE 5
11. PLASTIC AND CHEMICAL EXPORTS DOING WELL BECAUSE INDUSTRY SHIFTED OUT FROM CHINA DUE TO THEIR STRICT POLLUTION
12. POSSIBLITY OF EXPORT TO US  WHER NO LONGER GS[
13. US CHINA TRADE WARS,BREXIT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRAQ AGGREVATED THE PROBLE
14. IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTH : EXPORT FELL BY 1.53% TO 133.54 BILLION DOLLARE AND IMPORT DECLINED 5.68% TO 206.39 BILLION DOLLAR

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  312 INDIAN ORIGIN SIKHS REMOVED FROM PAST MILITANCY ADVERSE LIST

1. NAMES OF 312 INDIAN ORIGIN SIKHS WERE REMOVED FROM A LIST THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM GETTING INDIA VISA
2. BASED ON INTELLIGENCE INPUTS THE HOME MINISTRY WAS MAINTAINING AN ADVERSE LIST OF SIKH PERSONS LIVING ABROAD
3. THE LIST WAS PREPARED AFTER THE SIKH RIOTS IN 1894 FOLLOWING WHICH MANY YOUNG MEN FROM THE COMMUNITY TOOK PART IN SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT
4. INDIAN MISSIONS ABRAOD USED TO DECLINE VISA TO PERSONS ON THE LIST. MANY IN LIST LIVE IN US,UK,GERMANY AND CANADA IN MOST CASES WITH FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP
5. IN FUTURE SIKHS MENTIONED IN THE LIST COULD EVENTUALLY APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AS OVERSEAS CITZEN OF INDIA AFTER THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AND HELD NORMAL VISA FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS

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  RAJASTHAN LAUNCHES INFORMATION PORTAL

1. IN PIONEERING STEP THE FIRST EVER PUBLIC INFORMATION PORTAL WAS LAUNCHED IN RAJASTHAN
2. BROUGHT YET ANOTHER DISTICTION TO RAJASTHAN WHERE THE RTI  MOVEMENT HAD STARTED IN 1990S
3. PROMIING TO PROVIDE INFROMATION ABOUT GOVT AUTHORITIES AD DEPARTMENT ON SUO MOTO TO PUBLIC IN TRUE SIPRIT TO INFROAMTIONA CT
4. THE STATE GOVT HAS COLLABORAYED WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS TO DEVELOP THE PORTAL THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY
5. NEW WEB PORTAL NAMED THE JAN SOOCHNA PORTAL 2019 WOULD ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 4(2) OF THE RTI ACT MANDATING THE PUBLIC AUTHORIES TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC. SO THAT THE PUBLIC NEED NOT FILE APPLICATION

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  A MILESTONE IN GREATER TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABILITY
• MADAN LOKUR

1. THE JAN SOCHNA PORTAL LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN YESTERDAY IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN FURTHERANCE OF RIGHT OF THE INFORMATION ( RTI) ESPECIALLY SECTION 4 OF THE RTI ACT THAT DEALS WITH PROACTIVE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
2. TRANSPARENCY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCOUTABILITY
3. JSP HAS GREAT VALUE AND SIGNIFICANCE
4. MAKING THE STATE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE TO EVERY ONE
5. A NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT ALL PENDING CASES
6. MORE THAN 70,000 CASES WERE PENDING OVER 30 YEARS
7. THESE FIGURES MEANS NOTHING UNTIL THE JUSTICE DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS ASKED FOR SUCH DELAY
8. CHIEF JUTICE AND REGISTRARS IN MANY COURTS APPRICIATED THIS FACT
9. NOW MANY COURTS BEGAN TO CONCENTRATE ON THE DISPOSAL OF OLD CASES WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS
10. THE AUTHOR HAS THE PRIVILEDGE OF A SNEAK PERVIEW OF EVERY DETAIL
11. DETAILS OF EVERY ACTIVITY OF THE GOVERNMENT SUCH AS AVIALABILITY OF FOOD GRAINS,RATIONSHOPS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION,IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS SCHEMES AND THEIR BENEFICARIES AND A VARIETY OF OTHER INFORMATION AVIALABLE ON REAL TIME BASIS ( JANATA INFORMATION SYSTEM)
12. ACCESS POINTS SHOULD BE OPEN AND FREE
13. SINCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABE ON NET,EVERY CITIZEN RIGHT DOWN TO THE MUNICIPAL WARD AND PANCHAYAT HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION
14. THE PORTAL GIVES THE DETAILS OF EVERY FARMERS IN EVERY BANK HAS BRANCH HAS WHOSE LOANS HAVE BEEN WAIVED ALONG WITH AMOUNT
15. ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION IS ABOUT MINING LEASING
16. THIS PORT GIVES THE LIST OF MINES IN EVERY DISTRICT PROVIDES GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATION
17. ALSO PROVIDE THE DETAILS ABOUT POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE
18. DETAILS OF PRODUCTION AND ROYALITES AND TAXES
19. WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITALIGATION OF RECORDS,WILL BE FREELY AVIALABLE

• KEY CHALLENGES

1. MAINTAINENCE ISSUES AND ENSURING NO LET UP IN THE AVIALABILITY OF INFORMATION
2. DRAFT GUIDELINES ARE MADE KEEPING IT IN MIND
3. ON IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM CONTINUOUS UNINTERUPTED
4. LINE DEPARTMENTS AREE GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY
5. THE GOVT OF RAJASTHAN HAS ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO TRAIN CITIZEN AND MAKING AWARE NESS OF THE JSP