15 December 2021
Black money a forgotten issue now: The government claims that there is no estimate how much worth of black money is lying in foreign accounts over the last five years; back in 2015, Rs 2,476 crore were collected as tax and penalty, but there has been no attention on this issue in recent years; there were no government investigations into high-profile Indian names revealed by international leaks in recent years
RTI reveals discrepancies in govt pulses auctions: For years, the central government has allowed millers to make unchecked profit from processing pulses meant for the poor, worth over Rs 4,600 crore, through a flawed auction system
Army using civilians as human shields and sowing discontent: A doctor, a baker & a businessman were used as protection by Indian Army in recent anti-militancy operations in Kashmir; They were all killed in the crossfire and their bodies were secretly buried far away from their homes, adding fuel to an already raging fire of discontent in the valley
Government’s incentive scheme for semiconductor production: Union Cabinet approves Rs 76,000 crore PLI scheme for semiconductors; this money will be disbursed in the next 6 months towards domestic manufacturing of chips
Displaced and nowhere to go: Those displaced by the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh have found themselves in the middle of yet another quandary, as scores of them are ineligible for rehabilitation by the state government