The report also shows that despite the Supreme Court ruling to not make Aadhaar mandatory for availing services, many people find it de facto mandatory for bank accounts, SIM cards, and school enrolment

Decoding Slowdown: Studies show that Indian farmers have been short-changed by Rs 45 lakh crore of income during 2000-2016 due to complex market regulations and restrictive trade policies and that credit flows to agriculture is being used for non-agricultural purposes.

The suggestions comprise assured water supply in the range of 43-55 litre per capita per day (LPCD), depending on the season, along with a minimum proposed limit for lean periods.

Now that a decline in private consumption is pulling down economic growth, the focus needs to shift to improving wages and other measures to spur demand and savings, which does not seem to be happening now

Union Budget 2019: From stepping up public spending in labour-intensive areas to giving a fillip to the MSME sector, experts have a host of suggestions for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a time the news on the unemployment front is getting progressively worse

Under PM-KISAN scheme Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three instalments to 12 crore small and marginal farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectares.

Crisil has lowered India's GDP growth forecast by 10 basis points to 7.4% for the current fiscal

On Labour Day 2016, many workers in Jharkhand returned Rs 5 (that year's wage rate hike) to the Prime Minister. The next year on Labour Day workers returned Rupee 1 to the PM. This was done to protest against the meagre hike in the wage rate. In 2018-19, there has been no increment in wage rates in 10 states.

The scheme was ranked as the world's largest public works programme by the World Bank in 2015.

It said that irrespective of distress conditions, there was an increase of over Rs 2 crore in amount disbursed in banks after Aadhaar-linked payment or ALP.

According to official data, the numbers of subscribers under the APY app till July 22 are around 58 lakhs.

The danger of rising retail inflation slowing down the interest-rate-easing cycle is real.