Inter-company competition, government interference, wrong policies, a timid IRDAI and lack of functional autonomy - all have resulted in the PSU insurers losing out to private players, writes Neeraj Thakur.
Demonetisation, unfulfilled assurances by banks, covid-19 and corruption forced Avinash, an educationist - who once owned three schools in Delhi-NCR - to take up the shovel and become a farmer.
Many riverine districts in the state continue to be affected by riverbank erosion every year, and the erosion has affected many farmers forcing them to migrate to other parts for survival. Mitigating riverbank erosion is a significant challenge for the Assam government, but this needs a comprehensive strategy, which the state is yet to formulate, writes Rajeev Bhattacharyya.
While Bashir Ahmad Bhat may get compensation under the Central Act, The Probe learns that many farmers are yet to get compensation for their government-acquired lands.
Despite demonetisation, India has not seen a drop in FICN circulation. On the contrary, the staggering numbers continue to pose a huge challenge to the government and law enforcement agencies.
Uneven distribution, narrow coverage, lack of statistics or groundwork, lesser beneficiaries from minority communities - the PM SVANidhi scheme is fraught with multiple problems and needs immediate redressal.
The issue of fake medical asylum not just affects the case in question but drags the entire investigative and judicial process. This can only be curbed to an extent if the medical boards in such hospitals are scrutinised and held accountable. The doctors must be treated as an accomplice to the crime for derailing the investigation, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya.
While there has been some discussion on discriminatory treatment of members of oppressed communities like tribals, Dalits, women, and queer communities, religion is a taboo topic and often not taken into consideration in understanding our biases and such partisanship in healthcare profession is hardly addressed.
The government’s decision to enforce the GST hike on July 18 evoked nationwide protests from political parties, traders and the public. But what implications will these decisions have on the state of our economy? Ravi Nair writes for The Probe.