After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments and the socio-economic changes that has followed.
4 Bank Unions Raise Concern Over Unwarranted Pressure for Loans by Municipal Functionaries in UP
Moneylife Digital Team
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Four large unions of bank officer have expressed concern over unwarranted pressure by municipal functionaries to grant and disburse loans in Uttar Pradesh (UP). In a letter to UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the unions have urged necessary administrative measures to stop the unwarranted interference by the functionaries at the grass-roots level.
The letter is signed by general secretaries of All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA), Indian National Bank Officers’ Congress (INBOC) and National Organization Of Bank Officers (NOBO).
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While the Union government enforced FASTag on vehicle users on national highways, as happens with everything government , the number of complaints, especially about wrong deduction from the user s account, are steadily increasing. No doubt, technologies like FASTag will help reduce corruption and ease lives of commuters, it just need support from the government authorities as well as at the ground level, especially from people who are implementing this. At present, many vehicle users are blaming the FASTag infrastructure, or rather the lack of it to an adequate degree being in place at toll plazas. The government, on the other hand is busy mopping up higher toll collections after the mandatory use of FASTag. Separately, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has warned people about the selling of fake FASTag online.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four persons on charges of defrauding Pune s Shivaji Bhosle Co-operative Bank Ltd to the tune of Rs 71.78 crore deposited by small investors. The fraud was noticed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2019.
Anil Shivajirao Bhosale, Suryaji Pandurang Jadhav, Tanaji Dattu Padwal, and Shailesh Bhosale were arrested on March 6 after taking custody of the said accused persons from Yervada Jail.
The arrest was done by the ED s Mumbai Zonal Office-II. Anil Bhosale and his associates were earlier arrested by the Crime Branch, Pune, and were placed in judicial custody at the Yerwada Central Jail.